Smith, American Primeval is a six-episode drama set in 1857 ... building that set with hand tools,” Berg said. In Episode 6, Jim Bridger sells his fort to Brigham Young as it burns to the ...
However, the backdrop of American Primeval is based on reality. In 1857, Mormons disguised as Paiutes did massacre a group of settlers in a tragedy known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
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.
There’s other drama elsewhere in “American Primeval,” as well, like Shea Whigham’s Jim Bridger attempting to hold things down at his historic fort in Wyoming despite looming threats from ...
In Netflix’s new limited series, “American Primeval,” written by “The Revenant ... Moreover, when they arrive at Fort Bridger, run by mountaineer Jim Bridger (Shea Whigham), Sara ...