The actor shares his reaction to his nod for best actor in drama series and how a decision on a second season is coming very soon.

Think Yellowstone meets There Will be Blood meets Friday Night Lights.

It's always a nice thing for an actor when a writer writes specifically for you,” Thornton told Yahoo Entertainment.

Billy Bob Thornton on Monday earned his seventh Golden Globe nomination for playing the title role in Landman, Taylor Sheridan’s deceptively funny but equally grim series on Paramount+ about the oil business that’s based on "Boomtown" podcast from Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly.

Christian Wallace and Taylor Sheridan’s new series explores the grimy and dangerous world of the Texas oil fields where Thornton’s character is a fixer who makes sure the multibillion-dollar industry keeps churning.

The main reason Landman works is due to its lead, the endlessly charismatic Billy Bob Thornton, who may not be giving some sort of wild performance outside the roles we usually see him in, but he’s fantastic and captivating as a lead here, even if that role is just being middle management at a mildly corrupt oil company in Texas.

And this time, the cast is about as star-studded as it can get, with Billy Bob Thornton at the helm alongside other A-Listers like Jon Hamm, Demi Moore, and Ali Larter. All this to say, if you’re looking for a series to make the end of Yellowstone sting a little less,

You’ve got to be right for a part or it’s not going to be a good experience, Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton contends.

Billy Bob Thornton has defended his co-star’s “cartoonish” role in new series Landman. Landman is the latest series from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, who created the show alongside Christian Wallace.

While Taylor Sheridan's work usually looks at the world from an objective place, many viewers took issue with a speech from Landman. The post Billy Bob Thornton addresses the controversial reactions to a speech from his show,