{"id":52610,"date":"2025-11-17T05:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/52610\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T05:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:51:07","slug":"season-2-of-landman-drops-on-paramount-north-texas-locations-real-oil-industry-drama-billy-bob-thorntons-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/52610\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 2 of “Landman” drops on Paramount+: North Texas locations, real oil industry drama & Billy Bob Thornton’s return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Season 2 of “Landman<\/a>” drops on Paramount+ Sunday, and North Texas has been buzzing for months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The series spent the summer filming across Fort Worth<\/a> and Dallas<\/a>, shutting down streets, transforming neighborhoods into backlots and stirring up a wave of social media posts from fans catching the action.<\/p>\n

The show returns Billy Bob Thornton<\/a> as Tommy Norris, a landman navigating the high-stakes world of West Texas oil. For Fort Worth oil executive Tom Bass Jr, much of it hits close to home.<\/p>\n

“I am an oil man through and through,” Bass said. “I’ve been in so many facets of work in this business, I’ve gone the whole gamut, even working with landmen.”<\/p>\n

Bass, president of Bass Energy Company and Triumph Resources Corp., grew up in Fort Worth and lived next door to “Landman” creator Taylor Sheridan \u2014 the same mind behind “Yellowstone<\/a>,” “1883<\/a>” and several major projects filmed in Texas. He said Sheridan’s drive was clear even in their childhood.<\/p>\n

“Whatever he was going to become, I knew he was going to be aggressive,” Bass said. “It’s amazing that one individual could come up with so many characterizations of life, especially when I think about where he grew up.”<\/p>\n

That connection even landed Bass a cameo in episode 1. He joked that after multiple takes, Sheridan told him to run the scene again. “I said, ‘Taylor, I can only tell so many lies,'” Bass laughed.<\/p>\n

Much of Season 2 highlights real North Texas locations \u2014 from Dallas streets used for major scenes, to a local gas station repurposed as the show’s bar, to Fort Worth’s Petroleum Club, which appears in episode 1. Bass says the club has hosted its fair share of real-life deals.<\/p>\n

“Companies have been bought and sold in this very room,” he said. “That’s the way we signed deals, we didn’t worry about the attorneys.”<\/p>\n

Bass says the show captures not only the business, but its risks. Some of episode 1’s more harrowing moments, he said, mirror incidents he’s witnessed firsthand.<\/p>\n

“I’ve seen life and death in the oil and gas industry,” he said. “Some of the catastrophes in episode 1 brought back painful memories. I’ve seen tragedies like that occur.”<\/p>\n

Season 2 picks up as Tommy steps into a new role as CEO \u2014 and brings in major star power, including Sam Elliott<\/a> as Norris’ father. Elliott told CBS News Texas he joined “Landman” because of the script and the team behind it.<\/p>\n

“After my experience with “1883,” and Taylor, it was a no-brainer,” Elliott said.<\/p>\n

Actor James Jordan<\/a>, who plays Dale Bradley, said this season digs deeper emotionally. “We get to the heart of the characters,” he said. “We’re going to get laughs, but also some tears.”<\/p>\n

Bass hopes viewers recognize both sides of the industry he’s spent his life in.<\/p>\n

“It romanticizes the oil and gas industry, but it also points out the perils and dangers,” he said. “I can understand how it can have interest for all of humanity.”<\/p>\n