The director of "American Primeval" stops by IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast to talk about how he embarked on the toughest shoot of his career.

We don’t know yet! Netflix has yet to announce plans for a second season of American Primeval, but director and EP Peter Berg told Decider, he’s game — with a couple of caveats.

The latest historical series on Netflix is American Primeval, a gritty and violent six-parter which has brought renewed interest in the Western genre. Set in Wyoming and Utah 1857, American Primeval is set around real events;

The women have their throats slit one by one. They’re screaming and crying and calling out names as it happens. They’re all tied up next to each other, so each one knows exactly what is happening to the woman next to her, and that it’s about to happen to her next.

In American Primeval episode 2, a major conflict between the US Government, Shoshone, and Brigham Young's Mormon Militia erupts.

Peter Berg and Julie O'Keefe share their conditions for potentially returning for American Primeval season 2 after season 1's challenging shoot.

In this episode alone, for example, Sara, Isaac, Devin, and Two Moons trudge their way through blinding snows on horseback, until one goes lame and stomps Devin’s leg to smithereens in its distress after Isaac tries and fails to shoot it to death.

New Western series American Primeval is now streaming with all 6 episodes on Netflix. And I can tell you right now that this one is not for the faint of heart. You need to be able to handle violence in this bloody story that sees conflicts between Native Americans,

Fans of Netflix’s American Primeval are eagerly awaiting updates on its future. The series follows a mother and son escaping their past while forming a found family in the harsh American West. Viewers are curious about the prospects for Season 2.