Peter Berg's gritty portrayal of the brutish Old West landscape in American Primeval has become one of the most popular new streaming series of 2025.

His dad, Kent Bateman, was a film and TV director, and as the apple does not fall far from the tree, Jason Bateman himself has made a name for himself as a talented actor and director. Adding to it is his wife,

Berg also responds to criticisms of the representation of Mormon church leader Brigham Young and the line he wouldn’t cross when it came to violence depicted in the events surrounding the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

There are plenty of Netflix viewers on the hunt for the next thing to watch, and the thriller series American Primeval sounds like it's engaging viewing.

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Despite arriving just four days ago, season 2 of XO Kitty has already been unseated in Netflix’s Top 10 list by the show it originally dethroned. That would be American Primeval, the brutal miniseries that has performed extremely well on Netflix since it was released all the way back on January 9,

Netflix‘s first major hit of 2025 is undoubtedly American Primeval. The Peter Berg-directed series drops modern audiences right into the hellscape that was 1857 Utah Territory. We watch as east ...

There's a new update about American Primeval season 2 on Netflix that is rather surprising to hear for fans of the show.

Isaac is played in the series by Kitsch, who played Tim Riggins in Berg’s Friday Night Lights. Taylor Kitsch as Isaac in ‘American Primeval’ (Netflix) Also starring in American Primeval are ...

The Netflix series American Primeval, directed by Peter Berg, is an American Frontier set in the 19th century and dramatizes the Utar War.

In the days that have followed American Primeval 's release, the LDS Church has condemned the show's portrayal of Brigham Young (played by Kim Coates), the second president of the church stood at the helm until his death in 1877. Newsweek has contacted representatives of Netflix via email for comment.

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