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Will ‘Landman’ be back for a second season?

The Paramount hit is facing an uncertain future.

Billy Bob Thornton in Landman
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The future of Landman is finally clear. The show has been renewed for a second season after some confusing delays by Paramount. The first season definitely doesn’t resolve all of the ongoing plot threads of the show, and it was also a massive success for Paramount.

Landman was one of the biggest shows of the year because of Taylor Sheridan’s unique ability to tap into the cultural zeitgeist, harnessing the Neo-western themes of rugged individualism, ambition and working-class struggles set against contemporary debates around energy, climate change and economic growth,” said Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks. “The series has helped drive Paramount+ to new heights as the #2 SVOD in the US for Original Hours Watched in Q4, alongside our other hit series Tulsa King, ‘The Agency, Lioness and Dexter: Original Sin.”

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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, star Billy Bob Thornton shared what he knew about the potential for a second season. “I understand that if we’re going to do that, Season 2, that it’s going to be sometime around February, March, somewhere in there. I mean, we’ll see. It just depends on how the chips may fall. You never know in this business,” he said.

Demi Moore, who plays Cami on the series, also suggested that the show’s second season could film sometime in early 2025.

“I thought we looked really good,” The Substance actress said of her and her onscreen husband Jon Hamm in an interview with Deadline. “[Hamm] was lovely and I’ve known Billy Bob Thornton for a long time. 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.”

The show is based on the Boomtown podcast, and tells the “upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.”

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