Paramount+ has announced that celebrated actor Michael Peña (End of Watch, American Hustle) has joined the highly anticipated new Taylor Sheridan original drama series Landman as a guest star. The series is currently in production in Fort Worth, Texas.
Peña is set to play Armando Medina, a veteran roughneck tasked with introducing a rookie to the life of an oil rig worker.
The acclaimed actor joins series regulars Billy Bob Thornton, Ali Larter (The Last Victim), Michelle Randolph (1923), Jacob Lofland (Joker 2), Kayla Wallace (When Calls the Heart), James Jordan (Yellowstone), Mark Collie (Nashville), Paulina Chávez (The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia) and Demi Moore (Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans). Jon Hamm (Mad Men) has been cast in a recurring guest role; Andy Garcia (theExpendables franchise) is a guest star.
The series is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is a modern day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs. Based on the notable 11-part podcast “Boomtown,” the series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.
Currently filming in and around Fort Worth, Texas, the series is executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, David C. Glasser, David Hutkin, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Christian Wallace, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman and Stephen Kay. Dan Friedkin and Jason Hoch for Imperative Development LLC, and J.K. Nickell and Megan Creydt for Texas Monthly also executive produce. Peter Feldman serves as co-executive producer.
Landman is the latest addition to Sheridan’s growing slate on Paramount+, which includes 1923, 1883, Special OPs: Lioness, Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King and Lawman: Bass Reeves.
