They say everything’s bigger in Texas — and judging from the star power in the new Paramount+ series “Landman,” that goes for its TV shows, too.
Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, Jon Hamm, and Ali Larter headline the new series, which is co-created by Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”) and Christian Wallace (of the podcast “Boomtown”). Set in the big money world of Texas oil, “Landman” centers on Thornton’s Tommy Norris, an oil company crisis specialist who plays the middleman between the billionaire executives and the crews who risk their lives daily working on “the patch.”
If the role seems tailor-made for the Oscar-winning “Sling Blade” star, that’s because it is — written specifically for the actor by TV powerhouse Sheridan.
“He said, ‘I’m writing it for you.’ He told me the story, he told me the world, told me what the character was like, which was essentially, ‘Play yourself if you were a landman,’” Thornton said, laughing. “And once I read …