‘Landman’s Billy Bob Thornton Declares “I Quit Drinking I’ll Stick With Beer” In Trailer For Taylor Sheridan’s New Oil Drama

Lots of fiery explosions and grimy-faced roughnecks fill the trailer for the new Paramount+ drama Landman, which also features a warning from star Billy Bob Thornton about how “getting oil out of the ground is the most dangerous job in the world.”

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The drama set in west Texas that’s about — what else? — oil drilling and profiteering will premiere Sunday, November 17, on the streamer. The series will launch with two episodes with subsequent episodes of the 10-episode first season dropping every Sunday.

The series is based on the 11-part podcast “Boomtown” from Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly and is co-created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace.

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In addition to Thornton, the series stars Ali Larter ( The Last Victim ), Michelle Randolph ( 1923 ), Jacob Lofland ( Joker 2 ), Kayla Wallace ( When Calls the Heart ), James Jordan ( Yellowstone ), Mark Collie ( Nashville ), Paulina Chávez ( The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia ), and Demi Moore ( Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans ). Jon Hamm ( Mad Men ) will star in a recurring guest role with Andy Garcia ( Expendables franchise) and Michael Peña ( End of Watch ) also serving as guest stars.

Landman is executive produced by Sheridan, David C. Glasser, David Hutkin, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Christian Wallace, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman and Stephen Kay. Dan Friedkin and Jason Hoch for Imperative Entertainment, and J.K. Nickell and Megan Creydt for Texas Monthly also executive produce. Peter Feldman serves as co-executive producer. It’s distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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