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The Jacksboro Police Department doesn’t usually double as a West Texas crime scene, but on Wednesday, July 9, it became just that. Traffic was blocked. Crews rolled cameras past sunset. And if you blinked, you might’ve missed Billy Bob Thornton walking into the building in character.
This is the world of "Landman," Taylor Sheridan’s oilfield drama for Paramount+, based on Christian Wallace’s podcast "Boomtown," now deep into production on its second season. What began this spring with scenes at TCU and downtown Fort Worth has steadily expanded into rural North Texas — and more recently, across the Red River into Oklahoma.
The show’s filming schedule, like its storyline, seems to be evolving in real time.
The cast and crew have been on location around Fort Worth since March, filming at TCU, the First United Methodist Church in Springtown, and a handful of local businesses. On July 9, the production made its latest stop in Jacksboro, where the town’s police station was temporarily turned into the Odessa Police Department. The Jacksboro Herald-Gazette posted on Facebook that filming ran from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., with temporary closures along Highway 380 and South Church Street.
But this wasn’t the first time the city of Jacksboro was used as the backdrop for “Landman.”
Last year, Jacksboro’s Faith Community Hospital served as a filming location for Season 1, and in April, the crew came back to town to film a pivotal funeral sequence there.
Sheridan’s signature is all over the show’s patchwork filming style — pulling together scenes from multiple towns, building as he goes. “When Sheridan starts writing, he’s not necessarily sure where it’s going to go,” Thornton said in a recent “Actors on Actors” interview with Kathy Bates for Variety. “He lets the characters and the story take him when he’s gonna write it.”
While North Texas remains central to the series’ visual palette, "Landman" Season 2 has crossed state lines. In June, the production filmed casino scenes in Durant, Oklahoma, about two hours from Fort Worth. Multiple outlets, including Primetimer and Men’s Journal, reported that casting calls in the area sought extras to play gamblers, casino employees, and guests at Choctaw Casino & Resort, suggesting a broader narrative scope this season.
Between funeral scenes, campus protests, and roulette wheels, the world of "Landman" appears to be expanding beyond the oil patch — and deeper into the murky overlap of power, industry, and risk.
Though "Landman" is set in West Texas, Sheridan continues to use North Texas to stand in for the Permian Basin — a familiar move for the Weatherford-based writer-director behind "Yellowstone," "1883," and "Mayor of Kingstown." His Bosque Ranch has quickly become one of the most prominent production hubs in the state.
Production for the show is expected to continue through August, with Oklahoma filming ongoing and additional Fort Worth shoots scheduled for this month. While Paramount+ has not confirmed a premiere date, the timeline suggests a likely release in November 2025, nearly one year after the show’s debut.
Sheridan’s dramas have always blurred the lines between Texas myth and modern reality, and "Landman" is no exception. What began with pumpjacks and family tension in the oilfields is now reaching into casinos, courtrooms, and backroom deals.
And if the road closures and pop-up film crews are any indication, that story’s far from finished.
