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Billy Bob Thornton in “Landman”

Oil is not a clean business, in more ways than one. “Landman” returns for its highly anticipated second season Sunday, Nov. 16, on Paramount+, seeing the titular man contend with a new boss. Billy Bob Thornton (“Goliath”) stars as Tommy Norris, whose title of operations VP for M-Tex Oil has him wedged between the executive suite and the oilfields as he smooths out any and every wrinkle in the oil company’s day-to-day.

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Troubles mount in new season of ‘Landman’ By Sarah Passingham TV Media

il is not a clean business, in more ways than one. “Landman” returns for its highly anticipated second season Sunday, Nov. 16, on Paramount+, seeing the titular man contend with a new boss. Billy Bob Thornton (“Goliath”) stars as Tommy Norris, whose title of operations VP for M-Tex Oil has him wedged between the executive suite and the oilfields as he smooths out any and every wrinkle in the oil company’s day-to-day. This season, after her husband, Monty (Jon Hamm, “The Morning Show”), worked himself into an early grave, Cami Miller (Demi Moore, “The Substance,” 2024) steps into his shoes at the top of M-Tex Oil. “The only difference between me and my husband is I’m meaner,” Cami reassures a banquet room full of bank presidents in the teaser trailer for the upcoming season. A new executive structure isn’t the only hurdle M-Tex Oil must clear this season, as embezzlement charges hang over the company. Heart attack-inducing financials left behind by Monty are now Cami and Tommy’s job to settle, while prosecutors and their competition watch on, waiting for the chance to strike. Though Cami is undeniably the boss, her appointment does not come without power struggles. Tommy is a man who can crack the truth of any situation with a well-timed monologue, and the new season’s trailer is no exception. “She owns it, but I run the company,” he says plainly over drinks with a doubter, clawing responsibility out of Cami’s hands behind the scenes. Thornton spoke to Deadline about the dynamic between Cami and Tommy, who have to work together more closely than ever before this season. Cami’s got to learn some of the business from Tommy, Thornton explained: “You can know something intellectually but what are the street smarts behind it? I know how to deal with these people she’s going to have to deal with. I just tell her, ‘Look, some of these deals you can take, but when it gets really weird and difficult, let me know because I know these guys.’” Joining the cast this season is Academy Award nominee Sam Elliott (“A Star Is Born,” 2018) as Tommy’s father, who answers to “Pop” in the trailer. Whatever state Tommy and Pop’s relationship is kept in, something this season has moved the oil company fixer to trek out to Pop’s ranch, haul his dad home and into a seat at his dining room table. Also new this season is Stefania Spampinato

Demi Moore stars in “Landman” (“Station 19”) as Gallino’s (returning cast member Andy Garcia, “Pain Hustlers,” 2023) wife. Returning actors also include Ali Larter (“The Rookie”) as Tommy’s fierce ex-wife, Angela Norris; Jacob Lofland (“Joker: Folie a Deux,” 2024) as Tommy’s son, Cooper; Michelle Randolph (“1923”) as Tommy’s daughter, Ainsley; Paulina Chavez (“Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love”) as Ariana Medina; Kayla Wallace (“When Calls the Heart”) as lawyer Rebecca Falcone; Mark Collie (“Nashville”) as Sheriff Walt Joeberg; James Jordan (“Lioness”) as engineer Dale Bradley; and Colm Feore (“The Umbrella Academy”) as Nathan. Thornton also spoke to Deadline about Tommy spreading himself across more titles this season, saying, “Now [Tommy is] kind of executive and a landman and a family man in the midst of this tornado. It makes for some pretty interesting stuff I have to say.” Generational family tension ratchets up as Tommy’s father loiters in near orbit around his life while he mentors his own son.

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In the upcoming season’s trailer, Cooper shares news of his abundant drilling successes with his father, however Tommy has something else on his mind. With the dilemma of M-Tex Oil’s dubious finances hovering over him, Tommy questions Cooper in the trailer about who is paying for his exploits. With Tommy’s family and business lives sidling up closer than they ever have before, everywhere he turns, the stakes are high. Per Paramount+, “Facing mounting pressure from M-Tex Oil, Cami Miller and the shadow of his kin, survival in West Texas isn’t noble — it’s brutal. And sooner or later something’s got to break.” “Landman” is inspired by the podcast series “Boomtown,” about the modern-day West Texas oil boom. Podcast host Christian Wallace co-created the streaming series with Paramount+ royalty, Taylor Sheridan, known for “Yellowstone” and its various interconnected sister series. While all of Sheridan’s series find their audience, “Landman” sits at the top of the ladder as the No. 1 Paramount+

original series, setting viewership records for the streamer with its first season. In shocking news to anyone who has followed Sheridan’s work, whether they hopped on the bandwagon after his script writing debut in the 2015 Denis Villeneuve-directed action thriller “Sicario” or tune in to his mountain of TV offerings, the multihyphenate talent has signed a new deal, cutting ties with Paramount. It was reported in late October that Sheridan landed a five-year film and TV contract with NBCUniversal, which takes effect once his current deal with Paramount is up in 2028. Dust off the 10-gallon at the back of the closet and settle in for the “Landman” season premiere Sunday, Nov. 16, on Paramount+.

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