Netflix, Peter Berg and American West

‘American Primeval’ Review: Betty Gilpin Leads Netflix’s Relentlessly Brutal Peter Berg-Helmed Western Miniseries
Creator Mark L. Smith's six-episode examination of scruffy, vicious people traversing the Utah Territory in 1857 also stars Taylor Kitsch and Dane DeHaan.
How ‘Jeremiah Johnson' and an Ice Axe Inspired Peter Berg's Epic Netflix Western ‘American Primeval'
The director of "American Primeval" stops by IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast to talk about how he embarked on the toughest shoot of his career.
‘American Primeval’: Netflix’s Ultra-Violent New Western Series Will Turn Your Stomach
The 19th-century American West of American Primeval is a land of unyielding brutality, though nothing about this six-part Netflix series, premiering Jan. 9, is as violent as Peter Berg’s belligerently over-the-top direction.
What Is the True Story Behind Netflix's Violent Western American Primeval?
The series, now streaming on Netflix, depicts the brutality with which the Mormons sought to create a new world for their beliefs, the pride with which the native people held onto their ancestral lands, and the tragedy of the people just seeking to make a new home in the chaos. But is any of it true?
‘American Primeval’ Review: Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin Find Blood in a Hopeless Place
Set during 1857's Utah War, 'American Primeval' lays out a world where love conquers little and indifference is the only path to survival. [REVIEW]
American Primeval Review – A Fierce Bloodbath
Peter Berg is masterful at storytelling on the small screen with Friday Night Lights and on the big screen with Lone Survivor. He returns behind the
‘American Primeval’ Review: A Wild-West Crusade on Netflix
Peter Berg directs an epic six-part drama about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, in which more than 100 settlers were murdered by militant Mormons.
American Primeval review: a bloody Netflix Western full of wasted potential
Netflix's American Primeval is a promising but ultimately clichéd and unsatisfying Western miniseries.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
‘American Primeval’ Review: Netflix’s Violent, Bloody Saga Of The American Frontier Is A Harrowing Watch
Netflix’s new Western series is a bleak and bloody affair. American Primeval pulls no punches in its six-episode limited run. Murder, rape and mayhem and suicide fill this relentlessly brutal world. The only thing more deadly than the frontier itself is the men who occupy it: Conniving Mormon settlers,
American Primeval review: Netflix's new Western is needlessly graphic, violent, and complicated
One week after dropping a new Harlan Coben Netflix show, Missing You, Netflix rolled out the most violent, graphic, and brutal show you'll watch this year, American Primeval from Mark L. Smith and directed by Peter Berg.
'American Primeval' Review - Netflix's Western Is Awful, Which Is Entirely The Point
American Primeval is awful, but largely in a way that’s terrifically entertaining. It’s about a lot of horrible people doing a great many heinous
Will There Be An ‘American Primeval’ Season 2? We Asked Director and EP Peter Berg
Will these characters stories continue in a potential American Primeval Season 2 on Netflix? **Spoilers for all six episodes ...
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Peter Berg Shows the Ugly Side of American History With the Frustrating “American Primeval”
Around the same time, a young Indigenous woman named Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier) flees from her Shoshone tribe after killing ...
Is 'American Primeval' the First Great Taylor Sheridan Competitor?
The Western series, starring Taylor Kitsch, is a violent and thrilling portrayal of Utah's Mountain Meadows Massacre.
‘American Primeval’ Star Betty Gilpin Says Sara’s “Horrible, Traumatic Experience” in Episode 3 “Unlocks” Her Wild Side
What follows is traumatic episode that culminates in Sara “finding her inner ‘American primeval,'” according to series star ...
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American Primeval Review: This Pulse-Pounding Western's Grim Events Triumph Over Characters I Couldn't Fully Invest In
The Revenant is one of my favorite movies of all time, blending historical fact and fiction with memorable action and ...