{"id":246867,"date":"2026-01-19T21:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246867\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:11:09","slug":"creator-teases-season-3-reset-talks-billy-bob-full-frontal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246867\/","title":{"rendered":"Creator Teases Season 3 Reset, Talks Billy Bob Full Frontal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t[This story contains MAJOR spoilers from the\u00a0Landman<\/a>\u00a0season two finale, \u201cTragedy and Flies.\u201d]<\/p>\n

\n\tLandman is headed for a reset in season three.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the season two finale<\/a> of co-creators Taylor Sheridan<\/a> and Christian Wallace<\/a>\u2018s mega-hit Paramount+ series, Billy Bob Thornton<\/a>\u2018s Tommy Norris decides to go out on his own after he\u2019s fired by Cami (Demi Moore<\/a>) from the company, M-Tex Oil, that Tommy was appointed president of after the death of his friend, Monty (Jon Hamm). But in order to launch his family-run company \u2014 titled CTT Oil after the Norris men of son Cooper (Jacob Lofland), grandfather T.L. (Sam Elliott) and Tommy (Thornton) \u2014 Tommy makes a deal with the devil: cartel boss Gallino (Andy Garcia<\/a>). Gallino warns Tommy that if their partnership goes south, he will take what he loves most in this world.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, Wallace says they are in wait-and-see mode as Sheridan sets out to write season three. \u201cThere\u2019s a great level of trust there that whatever Taylor decides will be the right move,\u201d he tells The Hollywood Reporter. But what he is sure of is that season three will be a reset for the West Texas-set oil drama, as the Paramount+ series will follow Tommy and co. as they get CTT Oil up and running. Read his season two finale explanation and predictions for next season, below.<\/p>\n

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\n\tI\u2019m nervous about what a happy ending means for season three, because I don\u2019t think we get consecutive happy endings in the Sheridan-verse.<\/p>\n

\n\tI think you\u2019ve watched enough TV to have pretty good instincts.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis season does seem to set up what we spoke about at the start of the season<\/a>, around your long-term, multi-season Landman plan.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s kind of a reset [for season three]. We have these characters entering into different dynamics with one another, and now we have T.L., Tommy and Cooper all working at the same company, but not under the auspices of this larger corporation. It\u2019s now family-run, very small, starting from almost scratch. That\u2019s a whole new dynamic for them. Along with these other characters from M-Tex who are taking a pretty big gamble. <\/p>\n

\n\tGambling is kind of a motif this season. You have Angela in the casino, but you have Cami gambling on this as well, and now Tommy is kind of gambling on himself, which he has been reluctant to do. When we meet him in the pilot, he\u2019s talking about how things didn\u2019t work out for him, so he ended up with nothing and working for M-Tex for his buddy Monty. A lot has changed in his life. We\u2019ve seen him grow a lot over the course of season two, and with his family dynamics. Now he\u2019s kind of going back to the roulette wheel and betting on himself. So, it\u2019s exciting and also a little nerve-racking.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat excites you about a reset? Do you feel like you will reinvent the wheel for season three, or do you already have a clear picture of where you guys are going?<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the end of the day, it is Taylor\u2019s plan and we\u2019re all just waiting on what he decides to do. There\u2019s a great level of trust there that whatever Taylor decides will be the right move. There are a lot of possibilities, but I\u2019m not sure myself exactly how it\u2019s going to play out. So, we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom what I understand, you are sticking with the timeline \u2014 you go back into production in May and season three will release at a similar time next year. Do you feel like you\u2019re in a groove now?<\/p>\n

\n\tOh, definitely. We\u2019re in a groove. We are a little bit later than we were the last two seasons, but that only matter for us because of the heat in Texas. When we get back into production this year, it\u2019s going to be pretty full on, and just getting hotter. That\u2019s the big struggle from a production standpoint for us being on set every day. We have so many exteriors, and that\u2019s a good thing because this show thrives in the dust and the heat and the reality of that gritty, hot world. But it is hard on the crew and cast, and on everybody. Twelve-hour days in 100-plus degree weather is no joke. But that is our cross to bear, not the audiences\u2019. I\u2019m excited about the schedule and I think the rhythm we\u2019re in right now works really well.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBilly Bob Thornton as Tommy with Demi Moore\u2019s Cami in season two. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/p>\n

\n\tYou don\u2019t know what Taylor has in store, but when you think about filming that final season two scene \u2014 both Tommy and Angela\u2019s conversation and Tommy\u2019s face off with the coyote<\/a> \u2014\u00a0how worried should Tommy be about this threat from Gallno that if he messes up this deal, the cartel boss is coming after everyone Tommy loves?<\/p>\n

\n\tWe ended season one with the reality of how violent and real that threat can be. Tommy knows it better than anybody. He\u2019s the one who had a nail in his thigh; that level of reality was being doused in gasoline [in the season one finale<\/a>]. So he knows that these are not idle threats. But also, Tommy is a survivor and also a predator himself. The symbolism of that coyote can mean so many different things, but I do think it is great that we get to have a couple of those moments where Tommy is present and has absorbed the lessons from T.L. throughout this season.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLook, man, your life is going to pass you by; this is your life, and your life doesn\u2019t suck as bad as you make it out to be. You have all these people around you who are insane, but they love you, and they love each other. Enjoy that. Don\u2019t forget that is also as real as the blowouts you\u2019re dealing with in the patch.\u201d We see Tommy in a few of those moments actually take that in, and those, to me, are some of the really nice moments in this season.<\/p>\n

\n\tIs there a role for Cami in season three? Do you think Demi Moore will return?<\/p>\n

\n\tI think there are so many different opportunities and ways this can play out. At the end of the day, I\u2019m putting my trust in Taylor and his decisions for all of these characters\u2019 storylines. That one is above my pay grade.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis season, viewers went wild for Billy Bob Thornton\u2019s full-frontal nudity scene.<\/p>\n

\n\tTo clarify, it wasn\u2019t an actual full frontal. We had an on-set intimacy coordinator, and the original prosthetic she brought in made everyone laugh. We were like, \u201cNo.\u201d So we went with a more humble alternative. (Laughs.) That was a hilarious day on set. But it is surprising to me that people think that was actually Billy doing full-frontal nudity. So I should say props to our intimacy coordinator for making it extremely realistic, and to the props team. They had a whole rig, as Billy called it: \u201cGot my rig on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother storyline that sparked a reaction was with Ainsley\u2019s nonbinary roommate, Paigyn (Bobbi Salv\u00f6r Menuez). Some viewers say this is Taylor speaking to the conservative audience. Did this feel like a hot-button storyline when you were filming, and would you say Taylor likes to make some noise and push some of those buttons?<\/p>\n

\n\tI think there are moments in both seasons of Landman that do press some buttons, and they start interesting conversations. A lot of the time, they\u2019re portrayed as more one dimensional than they actually are. A lot of times, these hot-button issues that are pressed, those little pokes, are more nuanced than they\u2019re portrayed. I think we all kind of knew it would elicit some reaction, but if you follow the storyline, it\u2019s not as one dimensional as it\u2019s made out to be by a lot of outlets.<\/p>\n

\n\tThese two seasons have taken place across 10 to 15 days, with some time in between seasons. So the entire Landman story is only over a couple of months. Do you anticipate season three would be similar, and that you would pick up not long after and it would play out in a condensed time period?<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to depart too far from the storytelling template we\u2019ve put forth so far. It feels right for this story, and we\u2019ll continue to operate within that format we\u2019ve established.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow with CTT Oil, will season three spend more time in the oil fields? Will there be more action; will the show still spend time with Ainsley in college? Does Angela have a role in CTT?<\/p>\n

\n\tYou can definitely expect that we\u2019ll continue to see the range of dynamics that is embedded in this show. The show is Ainsley and Dale [James Jordan[ and Cooper and Ariana [Paulina Ch\u00e1vez]. It really is this conglomerate of crazy, diverse storylines. But that\u2019s a modern family. They\u2019re all over the place, and I think we can expect more of that. As a West Texas guy myself, I\u2019m always going to want to push more storylines in the Permian Basin and that kind of gritty oil and gas. I love those characters. I love that setting. So anytime we can get more of that into the show, I\u2019m all for it. This definitely presents more opportunities for that, with them starting the small independent company. It\u2019s really exciting for me to see what we can do and play with there.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd this confirms Sam Elliott will return for season three?<\/p>\n

\n\tI think Sam has said it on the record<\/a> that he\u2019s coming back!<\/p>\n

\n\t***<\/p>\n

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