North Texas is about to be swimming in roughnecks and camera trucks again. Paramount+'s oil drama Landman is rolling back into Fort Worth for Season 3, with production slated to kick off in August at Taylor Sheridan's hometown studio campus and Billy Bob Thornton suiting up once more as Tommy Norris. The show's surge on the streamer is turning into serious raises for the cast and another wave of work for local crews.
Paramount has officially renewed Landman for a third season and says the series "broke viewing records" on the platform, according to Paramount Press Express. The Season 2 premiere pulled in more than 9.2 million views in its first two days, per The Dallas Morning News, momentum the streamer is riding to order more episodes and keep the series near the top of its lineup.
Fort Worth studio brings the work
Sheridan's SGS Studios teamed with developer Hillwood and Paramount to open a roughly 450,000-square-foot production campus in the AllianceTexas area, which has already hosted Landman and other Sheridan projects, as outlined by Hillwood. Local reporting says the two-building complex houses multiple sound stages and facilities that can support several large productions at once, a growth industry leaders say will translate into steady crew jobs, per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth's film-industry gains have been closely tracked as the city pushes to build out its own production muscle.
Cast, returns and schedule
Billy Bob Thornton has brushed off online chatter that he might walk away from the series and has said he plans to stick around "for as long as they'll have me," a line picked up by RadioTimes quoting his comments to other outlets. In the Dallas market, reporting notes that Season 3 is heading into production in Fort Worth, with cameras scheduled to start rolling in August and Sam Elliott expected to return as Tommy's father, per The Dallas Morning News. On screen, Tommy has spun off to form CTT Oil Exploration & Cattle in a storyline tied to Andy Garcia's Gallino, setting up a family-run arc that will drive the new season.
Payday: raises ahead of production
Behind the scenes, many original cast members locked in new deals before the Season 3 shoot. Demi Moore reportedly secured a bump to roughly $740,000–$770,000 per episode, and Ali Larter more than doubled her pay to north of $350,000 per episode, according to SlashFilm, which cites Deadline's reporting. Those paydays are being framed as a direct response to Landman's strong streaming performance and as a way to keep the veteran ensemble in place as production ramps up.
What comes next for the show and the city
Paramount has not set a Season 3 premiere date. With past seasons landing in November, some outlets are penciling in a late-2026 debut, though nothing is locked in yet, per TechRadar. Fort Worth officials and Hillwood say the campus will keep crews working and pump more money into the local economy, and the companies behind the studio are highlighting workforce partnerships aimed at supplying trained technicians for upcoming shoots, per Hillwood.
For Fort Worth, Landman's return means another round of crew calls, catering orders and hotel bookings. For viewers, it is a promise of more Tommy Norris turmoil on the horizon. Keep an eye on Paramount for the official production schedule and premiere announcement as the August shoot approaches.
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