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Set in modern-day West Texas, Landman follows crisis executive Tommy Norris, played by Thornton, who is trying to secure land and manage his crew in an oil patch in the Permian Basin.
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 Nov. 2025
Landman stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a savvy landman managing an oil patch for tycoon Monty Miller (Jon Hamm).
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Shale oil executives say President Donald Trump is hurting investment in the oil patch, and are giving a grim outlook for the future of the industry that turned the U.S. into the largest crude producer in the world.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
But in the oil patch, the mood is anything but celebratory.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 Nov. 2025
Landman stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a savvy landman managing an oil patch for tycoon Monty Miller (Jon Hamm).
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Shale oil executives say President Donald Trump is hurting investment in the oil patch, and are giving a grim outlook for the future of the industry that turned the U.S. into the largest crude producer in the world.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
But in the oil patch, the mood is anything but celebratory.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Oil patch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20patch. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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