This submit incorporates spoilers for “Landman.”
“Landman” season 2 wrapped up as everybody anticipated it to: with a heck of quite a lot of drama. In fact, Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris got here out on high as soon as once more, beginning his personal oil firm and appointing his son, Cooper (Jacob Lofland), as President. Meaning we’ll be seeing an entire new Cooper in season 3, and in response to Lofland, that requires him to do extra analysis on the oil business forward of taking pictures.
If there’s one factor Taylor Sheridan loves greater than the Western way of life, it is dynasties. The Dutton household tree on “Yellowstone” offered the idea for a collection of reveals that is set to proceed with a number of new melodramas, together with the upcoming spin-off “The Madison.” By some means, even with the ever-expanding “Yellowstone”-verse to take care of, Sheridan can also be discovering time to pen an entire slate of different collection, all of which have been profitable. The most important of those may simply be “Landman,” which grew to become the primary Paramount+ authentic of all time in 2025.
Naturally, then, anticipation for season 3 is about as excessive as it may possibly get, and with taking pictures set to start out round Might of 2026, we needs to be on monitor for a November launch to match the earlier two seasons’ debuts. When the brand new episodes do arrive, nevertheless, we’ll be seeing a special Cooper. In a latest interview, Lofland revealed that he feels as if the character is transferring nearer to his personal persona because the present goes on and Cooper establishes himself within the oil business.
Cooper Norris is a landman now, and Jacob Lofland is in analysis mode
“Landman” is an oil drama impressed by a podcast that hardcore followers of the present want to take a look at. As such, the precise mechanics and logistics of the oil business are remarkably correct regardless of the melodrama that characterizes the remainder of the collection. In season 1, these logistics are partly explored by way of school dropout Cooper Norris, who begins by working as a roughneck for M-Tex Oil. He then units out to construct his personal oil firm by making a dodgy take care of Andy Garcia’s cartel boss, Danny “Gallino” Morrell. By the tip of season 2, nevertheless, Tommy Norris kinds an entire new oil firm and appoints Cooper as its president, lastly making him an actual Landman.
As such, season 3 will showcase a a lot completely different Cooper — one which, in response to Jacob Lofland, will truly be way more just like the actor himself. Chatting with The Hollywood Reporter, revealed that he could be doing “much more analysis” going into season 3. “I am actually going to have to determine the terminology and inside workings,” stated the 28-year-old actor, who’s 5 years older than Cooper himself. “I would really like that understanding going into it. I’ll in all probability dedicate just a little extra time to figuring that out. Being just a little older than Cooper, I’ve hopefully gotten to the purpose the place I do not make as many errors.”
Finally, Lofland feels Cooper may slowly transfer nearer to embodying the actor’s personal persona. “Hopefully, [the character] simply encroaches nearer to who I’m immediately,” he added, “and finally we are going to simply be the identical particular person. We’re actual near it now.”
Jacob Lofland is worked up for extra household scenes
There’s nonetheless quite a bit we do not find out about “Landman” season 3, together with the involvement of Demi Moore’s Cami Miller. What we do know is that Billy Bob Thornton is unquestionably not leaving “Landman,” and it additionally appears pretty sure that, with the Norris household all in enterprise collectively, we’ll be seeing extra of Cooper Norris interacting together with his mom, Angela Norris (Ali Larter), and sister, Ainsley Norris (Michelle Randolph). Up to now, a lot of the character’s story has revolved round his work within the oil fields and his relationship with Ariana Medina (Paulina Chávez). Now, nevertheless, he is absolutely dedicated to the Norris clan.
Requested about working nearer with Larter and Randolph particularly, Lofland stated he was “a hundred percent” excited on the prospect, including, “It is such a special dynamic from every little thing Cooper is used to on the present once you throw him in with Angela and Ainsley. It is evening and day within the really feel of the set and chemistry. I find it irresistible.” The actor highlighted a second from season 2 the place all three actors shared a scene for the primary time. “The dynamics are hilarious,” he stated, “with Ainsley giving Cooper all of the crap she will be able to, and Angela within the center making an attempt to average. It is such a sibling second. I really like working with these two.”
All of that ought to make season 3 of “Landman” sufficiently completely different from the earlier two seasons, guaranteeing the present stays contemporary and maintains its spectacular viewership transferring ahead. Season 3 is but to start out taking pictures however is ready to get underway quickly, forward of a probable November launch.
