\u201cLandman\u201d wrapped up its second season in January<\/a>, and will be back in Fort Worth in late August<\/a> for season 3 filming. The Paramount+ series stars Thornton as Tommy Norris, a landman navigating personal woes and professional crises in West Texas.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n In a recent appearance on \u201cThe Joe Rogan Experience,\u201d<\/a> Sheridan said told Rogan that before he wrote a word of \u201cLandman\u201d he pitched the premise to Thornton.<\/p>\n \u201cI said, \u2018Basically, I want to take your character from \u2018Bad Santa\u2019 and put him in West Texas and run an oil company,\u2019\u201d Sheridan said. \u201c[Thornton] goes, \u2018You want the guy from \u2018Bad Santa\u2019 to run an oil company?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI said, \u2018That\u2019s what I want,\u2019\u201d Sheridan added. \u201c[Thornton] goes, \u2018That sounds [expletive] awesome.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n A \u2018Landman\u2019 and \u2018Bad Santa\u2019 walk into a bar<\/p>\n \u201cBad Santa\u201d<\/a> is Thornton\u2019s 2003 effort that sees him play a raunchy version of Saint Nick.<\/p>\n \u201cA miserable conman (Thornton) and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid,\u201d the film\u2019s logline reads.<\/p>\n While Thornton doesn\u2019t con folks in \u201cLandman,\u201d there are a few similarities between his characters in the show and \u201cBad Santa.\u201d<\/p>\n Both characters partake in many adult beverages and smoke cigarettes whenever they can. The Star-Telegram put together a guide<\/a> of all the times Thornton\u2019s \u201cLandman\u201d character smoke and drank in the show\u2019s first two seasons.<\/p>\n Thornton\u2019s characters also have no trouble speaking their mind in both projects.<\/p>\n More on \u2018Landman\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cLandman\u201d is described as a \u201cmodern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of West Texas oil rigs.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAs oil rises from the earth, so do secrets \u2013 and Tommy Norris\u2019s (Billy Bob Thornton) breaking point may be closer than he realizes. Facing mounting pressure from M-Tex Oil, Cami Miller (Demi Moore), and the shadow of his kin, survival in West Texas isn\u2019t noble \u2013 it\u2019s brutal. And sooner or later something\u2019s got to break,\u201d the show\u2019s second season synopsis reads.<\/p>\n In addition to Thornton, \u201cLandman\u201d stars Sam Elliott, Demi Moore, Ali Larter, Andy Garcia, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, Paulina Ch\u00e1vez, Kayla Wallace, James Jordan, Colm Feore and Mark Collie.<\/p>\n Both seasons of \u201cLandman\u201d are streaming on Paramount+.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n
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