Is ‘Landman’ Coming Back for Season 2?
The first season of Landman was a smash hit for Paramount. The latest Taylor Sheridan drama about the Texas oil industry premiered to roughly 15 million viewers in its first week, according to Variety. Although the series has had its ups and downs ever since, the onscreen pairing of Billy Bob Thornton and Ali Larter has kept the series interesting from episode to episode. Thornton was even nominated for a Golden Globe!
Landman follows a Texas oil patch manager—aka a landman—named Tommy Norris (Thornton), as he seeks to keep the peace between the workers and the company’s billionaire owner, Monty Miller (Jon Hamm). It’s one of those Advil-a-day jobs. Tommy also has his family to manage, which includes his on-again, off again ex-wife Angela (Larter) and his 17-year-old daughter, Ainsley (Michelle Randolph). There’s also his son, Cooper (Jacob Laughlin), who dropped out of college to learn how to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Every new cast member creates more issues for Tommy week by week. In the penultimate episode, his latest call to Monty put his boss in the hospital with a heart attack. After a cliff-hanger showing his hospital monitor in flux, it’s looking like Hamm may not make it to season 2. The finale didn’t give us many more answers. Tommy spent most of the final hour fending off the local cartel. As if the Landman didn’t have enough problems already, it seems as if the finale also set up season 2’s next villain.
Will There Be a Landman Season 2?
If you ask Demi Moore (The Substance), the answer is a resounding yes. The recent Golden Globe winner plays Monty’s criminally underused wife, Cami Miller. When she spoke with Deadline this past summer at the Cannes Film Festival, Moore revealed that she expects to return to Texas to film season 2.
“I’ve already completed the first season, and I’m excited for us to start the second, which will be at the beginning of next year,” Moore said. “It’s a very interesting world in the boomtown of Fort Worth, Texas. It’s kind of this subculture that we haven’t seen before, which is what I think Taylor [Sheridan] does so well.”
In an interview with Elle, Ali Larter also confirmed that there’s already a plan to film season 2. When asked if production had a timeline for the next season, Larter responded, “We do.”
Larter continued: “Just announce it!” She also revealed that she’s hoping Angela and Tommy have more scenes in bed together in the next season. “That connection—that unlikely love story—is something really interesting,” she said. “We’re going to see, as the [next] season unfolds, that Angela’s going to be in a different place in her life again. I think that her priorities have changed, so you’ll see some of that unfolding.”
We’ll have to wait until then to see where Landman heads next, but it seems as if season 2 will begin filming shortly. In the meantime, Sheridan will keep viewers busy with the second season of 1923 and the upcoming Yellowstone spin-off, The Madison.
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