Billy Bob Thornton’s Reckoning: Landman Season 3 Promises Its Most Volatile Chapter Yet
In a move that demonstrates Paramount+’s unwavering faith in Taylor Sheridan’s golden touch, Landman secured its third season renewal on December 5, 2025—a mere three weeks after Season 2’s explosive premiere. This swift decision underscores the series’ critical position within the platform’s Sheridan-centric empire, joining the ranks of cultural juggernauts like Yellowstone and Tulsa King.
The numbers tell an irresistible story: Season 2’s November 16 debut captivated over 9 million global viewers during its opening weekend, catapulting Landman into the streamer’s elite tier. By late November, it had secured a coveted top-three position among all original content, later ascending to number two—a trajectory that speaks to audiences’ insatiable appetite for Sheridan’s morally complex storytelling. The premiere episode alone garnered a staggering 9.2 million streaming views within forty-eight hours, shattering Paramount+ viewership records.
Born from Christian Wallace’s “Boomtown” podcast, Landman first premiered in November 2024, introducing Billy Bob Thornton as a corporate fixer navigating the treacherous landscape of West Texas oil politics. The series operates in Sheridan’s signature territory—where ambition collides with consequence, and every decision carries life-or-death stakes. Jon Hamm’s oil titan Monty anchored the first season until his shocking death, a narrative earthquake that repositioned Demi Moore’s Cami as the series’ new power center.
“You kind of drop these little pieces throughout the entire season,” executive producer Wallace revealed to TV Insider this January, discussing Monty’s carefully orchestrated exit. The breadcrumbs—a heart rate check here, Cami’s concerned coffee warnings there—were deliberately scattered to prevent the twist from materializing completely out of nowhere. “You also don’t wanna be too heavy-handed about it,” Wallace explained, emphasizing the delicate balance between foreshadowing and surprise.
Production whispers, courtesy of Sam Elliott, suggest filming commences spring 2026—likely April or May. Season 3 will undoubtedly explore the fallout from Cami’s brutal dismissal of Tommy from his M-Tex Oil presidency, a power shift that promises to reverberate throughout the entire ensemble.
Thornton, Moore, Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Kayla Wallace, Paulina Chávez, James Jordan, and Colm Feore are all expected to return. Newcomers Andy Garcia and Elliott have proven integral enough to secure substantial Season 3 roles. Guy Burnet and Francesca Xuereb, introduced in Season 2, remain question marks—though in Sheridan’s universe, nobody’s position is ever truly guaranteed.
In television’s current landscape, Landman has become essential viewing—proof that audiences still crave stories unafraid of darkness, complexity, and consequence.
