Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, and Jon Hamm battle for oil in Taylor Sheridan's “Landman” series' first trailer
Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Michael Pe?a, and Andy Garcia also star on the fiery new series from the "Yellowstone" creator.
Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, and Jon Hamm are entering the Sheridan-verse.
The three actors headline Landman, the latest Paramount+ drama from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, which debuted its first trailer Thursday.
"Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas," the series is described as "a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs...an 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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Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore in 'Landman'Thornton, who previously worked with Sheridan on 1883, plays Tommy Norris and opens the trailer with ultra-serious voiceover narration: "The oil and gas industry makes $3 billion a day in pure profit, and it's only getting bigger."
The trailer shows off dazzling cinematography capturing the massive scale of the industry: a pickup truck cruising through an impossibly large oil field, an enormous drilling rig, and Hamm and Moore as Monty and Cami Miller at a swanky black-tie event.
"Before any of that money is made, you gotta secure the land and manage the people," Thornton's Tommy narrates as he explains how he fits into the puzzle. "That's my job. The first part's pretty simple — it's the second part that can get you killed."
As rig workers crawl around the drill, it suddenly explodes as the sound cuts out. One character stumbles as his clothes catch fire, while another is covered in soot. "The world has already convinced itself that you are evil and I am evil," Hamm's Monty says during a high-intensity meeting, "for providing them with the one thing they interact with every day."
"Getting oil out of the ground's the most dangerous job in the world," Thornton says as the trailer juxtaposes the relaxed, glamorous lifestyle of the wealthy characters with the thankless, exhausting work from the boots on the ground providing their labor. "We don't do it 'cause we like it. We do it 'cause we run out of options."
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Billy Bob Thornton on 'Landman'From there, guest star Michael Pe?a's Armando asserts, "Everybody's whole family works the patch," and Moore's Cami authoritatively threatens, "Roll the dice one last time." We then see brief glimpses suggesting disturbing violence and exhilarating danger: one character shoots another in the head with a pistol, a truck explodes, Tommy whips an assailant, Monty furiously hurls his cell phone, and someone falls off of the rig.
"You sticking with beer, or you want something stronger?" a bartender asks Tommy. "I quit drinking — I'll stick with beer," he responds.
"Welcome to the oil business," Thornton says as the trailer concludes.
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Landman, which is based on the hit podcast Boomtown, joins the ever-growing stable of Sheridan's star-studded projects at Paramount+. The prolific writer-producer has also launched TV projects like Yellowstone with Kevin Costner; Mayor of Kingstown with Jeremy Renner; 1883 with Sam Elliott and Tim McGraw (plus a guest appearance from Tom Hanks!); Tulsa King with Sylvester Stallone; 1923 with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren; Special Ops: Lioness with Zoe Salda?a, Nicole Kidman, and Morgan Freeman; and Lawmen: Bass Reeves with David Oyewolo and Donald Sutherland.
Landman will also star Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, James Jordan, Jacob Lofland, Mark Collie, Kayla Wallace, and Paulina Chávez. Andy Garcia will also appear as a guest star.
Landman debuts on Paramount+ Nov. 17. Watch the full trailer above.
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