Sam Elliott Joins ‘Landman’ Season 2 as Collection Common

Sam Elliott is becoming a member of Billy Bob Thornton in Tyler Sheridan’s Landman, a Paramount+ present centered on the oil enterprise in West Texas, for season 2.

Elliott, 80, will step into the world of Sheridan’s show as a daily quickly, as manufacturing has already begun in West Texas, per Variety. Particulars of the actor’s position are at the moment being stored quiet.

Landman is predicated on the 2019 Boomtown podcast, hosted by Chris Wallace, who’s credited as a co-creator on the present.

The 11-part Texas Monthly podcast centered on “the rugged Permian Basin of West Texas, the place roughnecks and billionaire wildcatters are fueling a growth so huge it’s reshaping our local weather, our economic system, and our geopolitics,” per the outlet.

The actor will be part of the ranks of Demi Moore, Andy Garcia, Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, James Jordan, and extra.

Elliott beforehand labored with Thornton and the late Val Kilmer in Tombstone in 1993. The actor has moreover labored with Sheridan beforehand on 1883, the Paramount+ sequel to the smash hit Western Yellowstone.

The actor took home a Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG) for his 1883 performance in 2023.

“What can I say in 45 seconds, after simply receiving essentially the most significant acknowledgement of my 55-year profession from a gaggle of my friends?” Elliott stated on the time. “Lots of whom I do not even know, or know solely from afar as a fan who respects their work. Not time to say sufficient.”

“However I can say thanks, and I can let you know that I am honored and grateful to be in your organization, whether or not on this viewers or at house,” Elliott continued. “After seeing the work of my fellow nominees, I am undecided I needs to be standing up right here, however I am positive I am going to recover from that.”

He also received an Oscar nomination for his position as Bobby Maine within the 2018 adaptation of A Star Is Born, during which he starred reverse Woman Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Elliott can also be recognized for his roles in Lifeguard, The Huge Lebowski, The Contender, and extra.

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Elliott himself has deep ties to the state of Texas. He confirmed in a 2019 interview with Variety, “I feel it’s in my blood in some methods. My household is all from the Southwest. My great-great-grandfather was on the Battle of San Jacinto with Sam Houston. So it runs deep.”

A launch date for Landman season 2 has but to be introduced.