However, “American Primeval,” a new limited series on Netflix from Mark L. Smith — the writer of the Academy Award-winning “The Revenant” — takes a different approach.

Yet in 1858, Brigham Young threatened, “if men come here and do not behave themselves, they will […] find the Danites, whom they talk so much about”.

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 ...

ABC4 reached out to the team behind *American Primeval* but has not received a response as of now. This is not the first time the Church has responded to its portrayal in media.

Netflix's new historical fiction series "American Primeval" is coming under fire for its depiction of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and leader Brigham Young.

Netflix's new hit series American Primeval has been branded 'dangerously misleading' by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its depiction of Mormon Prophet Brigham Young.

(Netflix) Kim Coates, left, as Brigham Young and Alex Breaux as Wild Bill Hickman in an episode of "American Primeval." As one Latter-day Saint historian put it: “The only thing they got right ...

The recently released Netflix miniseries "American Primeval" is a work of fiction that depicts Brigham Young and other Latter-day Saints in the 1850s as violent fanatics. Trading in the tired ...

So the scenes from “American Primeval” where we see Brigham Young riding around Fort Bridger are wrong; he was nowhere near the U.S. troops as they were approaching.

KIM COATES (ACTOR, BRIGHAM YOUNG) I was familiar, but not that familiar with the Mormon religion, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, the prophecy and the Prophet. So there were all these books that I ...

And from the research I’ve done, it’s my belief that Brigham Young knew about that before it happened. Peter Berg acting in the American Primeval premiere as Stallings.