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Mike Fleming Jr: How Billy Bob Thornton & Taylor Sheridan Struck Oil With ‘Landman’; Why Harvey Weinstein Snuffed BBT’s Directing Career
Billy Bob Thornton & Taylor Sheridan Struck Oil With ‘Landman;’ Why Harvey Weinstein Snuffed BBT’s Directing Career
It didn’t take long, A drama about a fixer in the volatile world of oil wildcatters, Landman immediately found an audience of 14.9 million global households its first four weeks, becoming the highest ever rated show on Paramount+, and surpassing the various iterations of the Dutton clan in popularity. Much like Martin Scorsese and Nick Pileggi did by packing tons of practical information about wiseguy business Goodfellas, Landman tells the viewer everything they need to know about oil consumption and its future and the perils of trying to draw it from desolate ungodly places. Sheridan began his tour de force writing career after he’d been denied a raise on Sons of Anarchy and was told he should be grateful as he faced a future descending on the call sheet, is sensitized to slights and he had his own Weinstein woes.
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