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Netflix Western ‘American Primeval’ Challenges Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin to Survive in Trailer
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Jackie Strause
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Netflix's gritty new Western 'American Primeval' pits Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin against the brutal American frontier of 1857 in a fight for survival.
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- The series brought on Indigenous cultural consultant Julie O'Keefe to ensure an authentic and accurate onscreen portrayal of the Shoshone, Paiute, and Ute tribes, with the goal of avoiding the tropes and misrepresentations of past Westerns.
- The series is described as a 'fictionalized dramatization' of the 'violent collision of culture, religion and community' as settlers fight to claim the land, with the trailer showcasing the intense violence that the Native nations faced during this period.
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Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Eric Newman, Peter Berg, Mark L. Smith, Julie O'Keefe, Dane DeHaan, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Derek Hinkey, Joe Tippett, Jai Courtney, Preston Mota, Shawnee Pourier, Shea Whigham, Irene Bedard, Netflix, Paramount Network, Yellowstone, American Primeval