Statement by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also says the Netflix series egregiously mischaracterizes Brigham Young.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released a statement calling the recent streaming series “American Primeval” “dangerously misleading” and says it

American Primeval stars Taylor Kitsch & Betty Gilpin revealed the rough conditions and difficulties that arose while filming the Netflix Western show.

It is seen as one of the darkest chapters in American history – an act of domestic terrorism second only to the Oklahoma City bombing nearly 140 years later. As new Netflix drama ‘American Primeval’ tells the story of violence committed by Mormons but blamed on Native Americans,

Suspicion. Rebellion. Murder. The Netflix show American Primeval depicts how tensions between Mormon pioneers in Utah and the U.S. government came to a violent head in the 1850s.

American Primeval is a Netflix miniseries set in 1857, blending historical events from the Utah War, and real figures like Brigham Young and Jim Bridger.

American Primeval is set in Utah Territory, but it was not filmed there. Instead, Netflix’s American Primeval was filmed in modern day New Mexico.

Audiences are devouring the grisly Netflix miniseries “ American Primeval ,” a work of historical fiction centered around the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in which Mormon militiamen in southwestern Utah slaughtered nearly an entire wagon train of men, women and children.

Netflix's new epic period Western series American Primeval is the perfect example of why a Red Dead Redemption film or TV adaptation needs to happen.

Daniel Craig gave one of his best performances as an American expat in Mexico in the torrid May-December romance in “Queer,” but it hasn’t been resonating with awards voters. The Oscar snub is the final piece in a puzzle that just never came together.

What does the popular new Netflix series, “American Primeval,” get wrong about the Utah War? Just about everything. Utah historian and author Barbara Jones Brown explains why that matters in the below guest column.

Andrew P. Logan turned his pain into passion, and it landed him in the biggest show of 2025 so far. Andrew plays Lucas in the Netflix hit "American Primeval,"