A genre that has fallen into disuse, the western sometimes returns to the forefront to reinvent itself. In January 2025, Netflix is offering a road trip that won’t be tricky, to the point of being offered a classification “Mature-Rated”. With American Primeval or At the dawn of America in French, the platform hopes to join the list of the most notable productions in terms of the conquest of the West. She also collaborates with a recognized voice in western 2.0, since the story was born from the hands of Mark L. Smith. In 2016, the screenwriter made a name for himself with the event film The Revenant worn by Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Alejandro Iñárritu (Birdman). The film won several Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTAs.
The first images leave no doubt, the series will not be in everyone’s hands. In front of Peter Berg’s camera, it’s a fierce struggle of mother and son to cross the hostile lands of American Wild West which will be immortalized. Cruelty and violence, whips and axes, the series will not skimp on the graphic violence to build its atmosphere. As a reminder, the Mature classification in the United States mainly concerns productions prohibited for those under 15, 18 or in very rare cases 21 years old.
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In front of the camera of Peter Berg, who we know for his work on The Leftovers, 22 Miles or more recently PainkillerNetflix is banking on well-known faces in the industry. The heroine will be played by Betty Gilpin (Glow) while Taylor Kitsch (John Carter) will invite himself to play cowboys experienced in the exercise of massacres. It is he who will accompany Sarah on her journey. This is far from the first time that the actor appears in front of Peter Berg’s camera, he was already in the casting of For a seatr in 2023 and Blood and tears en 2013. Jai Courtney (The Suicide Squad) and Dane DeHaan (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) will also be there.
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See you in a few days, January 9to find out what it’s all about. The series had not yet been talked about very little, but could well surprise when it is released. Six episodes are on the program for this season.
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