Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm in Fiery Oil Drama

The oil business affects everything in the wild West Texas town Landmanand Billy Bob Thornton is a key cog in that machine.

The second trailer for Taylor Sheridan's upcoming series, this time about the oil business, focuses on Thornton's Tommy Norris, a crisis manager in the oil industry, and delves more into the relationships among the star-studded cast that includes Thornton, Jon Hamm , Demi Moore and Ali Larter.

“Men die, oil companies don't,” says Tommy (Thornton) in the high-octane trailer (below), as he describes himself as “a divorced alcoholic with $500,000 in debt” and drags his son (Jacob Lofland) in the deal.

Hamm stars in a recurring guest role as Monty Miller, a titan of the Texas oil industry with a long personal and professional relationship with Tommy; Moore plays Cami, the wife of another powerful Texas oilman and Norris' friend; and Larter plays Norris' ex-wife. Andy Garcia and Michael Pena also guest stars.

Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is described as “a modern story of finding fortune in the world of oil rigs”. Based on the 11-part podcast Boomtown by Imperative Entertainment e Texas Monthlythe series is “an upstairs-downstairs story of wildcat thugs and billionaires fueling a boom so big it's reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.”

Hamm previously said of the series: “It's based on oil speculators and what they call 'land men,' who are the guys who are running around and trying to acquire mineral rights and land rights in hopes of speculating and finding oil. There is a lot of oil in the ground here in Texas and they are constantly trying to find it. It's a very well told story and I think it's an interesting take on what happens when it comes to how we get the things that make our cars, our lives, our planes and everything work in our modern world.

Landman will debut Sunday, November 17 on Paramount+ with two episodes. The remainder of the 10-episode season will be released weekly.

Landman adds to Sheridan's Paramount+ stable 1923, 1883, Mayor of Kingtown, King of Tulsa, Attorney: Bass Reeves, King of Tulsa – which will conclude its second season also on November 17 – and Lionesswhich just launched its second season. Landman will also be released alongside the highly anticipated Season 5B episodes of Sheridan Yellowstonewhich will premiere on Sunday, November 10.

Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie and James Jordan round out the group Landman launch.

Landman is co-created by Yellowstone boss Sheridan and Christian Wallace, and is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution. Executive producers include Sheridan, David C. Glasser, David Hutkin, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Wallace, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman, Stephen Kay, Dan Friedkin and Jason Hoch for Imperative Entertainment, and JK Nickell and Megan Creydt for Texas Monthly. Peter Feldman is co-executive producer.

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