‘American Primeval’ on Netflix: Cast, Trailer, Plot, and Everything We Know About the 2025 Project

Published 12/30/2024, 11:51 PM EST

Netflix has worked its magic with the year-ending refresher, and now, the streamer is getting ready for a blockbuster new year. After leaving every streaming counterpart in dust with a Christmas roster so eventful, the champagne roasts for the mogul’s forthcoming content library is making fans lose their sleep. Following a thrilling Christmas-action journey with the old and new ace picks of the streamer, all eyes are now on Netflix’s upcoming series, American Primeval.

While Netflix has already caught up on the new year’s fever with a designated slate of familiar and unfamiliar arrivals, here is the lowdown on American Primeval to add something fresh to the excitement.

All about American Primeval on Netflix

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American Primeval is a forthcoming Netflix entry, an American Western television limited series that assesses the dispute of gaining control of the American West with a focus on the periodic violence at the crossroads of religion and culture. With a screenplay from Mark L. Smith, Peter Berg, who is also the executive producer of the show alongside Eric Newman, directs the upcoming series. The production companies behind the project are Film 44 and Grand Electric. 

The Western series, American Primeval, stars Taylor Kitsch, Saura Lightfoot Leon, Jai Courtney, Shea Whigham, Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Kyle Bradley Davis, Preston Mota, and Nick Hargrove. Additional actors in the star-studded series include Derek Hinkey, Mikandrew, Shawnee Pourier, Joe Tippett, and Kevin Scott Allen. The series is scheduled to premiere right after the New Year, on January 9, 2025. 

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At a time, when fans are already making the most of Netflix’s festive content this year, the streaming giant dropped a trailer for American Primeval.

Inside American Primeval’s latest trailer on Netflix

With the jingle bells long gone, Netflix is busy decking its halls with a content library for the new year that is poised to leave fans on an unforgettable streaming loop. Consequently, with the distance between American Primeval’s updates and release window vanishing so fast, the streamer dropped a teaser for the series that takes fans back to mid-1800s America. The trailer takes viewers to a time when law and order are still blurry.

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While the streamer described the series as a heavily fictionalized dramatization of the cultural clash of religion and community where survival becomes the ultimate goal, the teaser treads along the lines to hint at the sacrifice that inevitably comes in a lawless land of uncertainty. While Netflix subscribers are habituated with the likes of Upside Down, American Primeval is set to bring a twist on the known with a flavor of the unknown.

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Anushka Bhattacharya

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I'm Anushka Bhattacharya, an entertainment journalist at Netflix Junkie. Armed with a degree in literature, I once wielded my words to catalyze change within society through my work with NGOs. However, as I stumbled into the exuberant hole of crime thrillers and documentaries on Netflix, it was love at first sight and pushed me into entertainment journalism.

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