How Landman Actor Jacob Lofland Will Change His Method To Cooper Norris Forward Of Season 3

This publish accommodates spoilers for “Landman.”

“Landman” season 2 wrapped up as everybody anticipated it to: with a heck of numerous drama. In fact, Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris got here out on high as soon as once more, beginning his personal oil firm and appointing his son, Cooper (Jacob Lofland), as President. Which means we’ll be seeing a complete new Cooper in season 3, and in keeping with Lofland, that requires him to do extra analysis on the oil trade forward of taking pictures.

If there’s one factor Taylor Sheridan loves greater than the Western life-style, it is dynasties. The Dutton household tree on “Yellowstone” supplied the idea for a sequence of reveals that is set to proceed with a number of new melodramas, together with the upcoming spin-off “The Madison.” One way or the other, even with the ever-expanding “Yellowstone”-verse to take care of, Sheridan can be discovering time to pen a complete slate of different sequence, all of which have been profitable. The largest of those would possibly simply be “Landman,” which turned the primary Paramount+ authentic of all time in 2025.

Naturally, then, anticipation for season 3 is about as excessive as it will probably get, and with taking pictures set to begin round Could of 2026, we must be on monitor for a November launch to match the earlier two seasons’ debuts. When the brand new episodes do arrive, nevertheless, we’ll be seeing a special Cooper. In a latest interview, Lofland revealed that he feels as if the character is transferring nearer to his personal character because the present goes on and Cooper establishes himself within the oil trade.

“Landman” is an oil drama impressed by a podcast that hardcore followers of the present want to take a look at. As such, the precise mechanics and logistics of the oil trade are remarkably correct regardless of the melodrama that characterizes the remainder of the sequence. In season 1, these logistics are partly explored via faculty dropout Cooper Norris, who begins by working as a roughneck for M-Tex Oil. He then units out to construct his personal oil firm by making a dodgy cope with Andy Garcia’s cartel boss, Danny “Gallino” Morrell. By the top of season 2, nevertheless, Tommy Norris types a complete new oil firm and appoints Cooper as its president, lastly making him an actual Landman.

As such, season 3 will showcase a a lot completely different Cooper — one which, in keeping with Jacob Lofland, will truly be way more just like the actor himself. Chatting with The Hollywood Reporter, revealed that he could be doing “much more analysis” going into season 3. “I am actually going to have to determine the terminology and inside workings,” mentioned the 28-year-old actor, who’s 5 years older than Cooper himself. “I would love that understanding going into it. I’ll in all probability dedicate a bit extra time to figuring that out. Being a bit older than Cooper, I’ve hopefully gotten to the purpose the place I do not make as many errors.”

In the end, Lofland feels Cooper might slowly transfer nearer to embodying the actor’s personal character. “Hopefully, [the character] simply encroaches nearer to who I’m at present,” he added, “and ultimately we are going to simply be the identical individual. We’re actual near it now.”

There’s nonetheless so much we do not find out about “Landman” season 3, together with the involvement of Demi Moore’s Cami Miller. What we do know is that Billy Bob Thornton is unquestionably not leaving “Landman,” and it additionally appears pretty sure that, with the Norris household all in enterprise collectively, we’ll be seeing extra of Cooper Norris interacting together with his mom, Angela Norris (Ali Larter), and sister, Ainsley Norris (Michelle Randolph). To this point, a lot of the character’s story has revolved round his work within the oil fields and his relationship with Ariana Medina (Paulina Chávez). Now, nevertheless, he is totally dedicated to the Norris clan.

Requested about working nearer with Larter and Randolph particularly, Lofland mentioned he was “a hundred percent” excited on the prospect, including, “It is such a special dynamic from all the pieces Cooper is used to on the present once you throw him in with Angela and Ainsley. It is evening and day within the really feel of the set and chemistry. I like it.” The actor highlighted a second from season 2 the place all three actors shared a scene for the primary time. “The dynamics are hilarious,” he mentioned, “with Ainsley giving Cooper all of the crap she will, and Angela within the center attempting to average. It is such a sibling second. I like working with these two.”

All of that ought to make season 3 of “Landman” sufficiently completely different from the earlier two seasons, making certain the present stays contemporary and maintains its spectacular viewership transferring ahead. Season 3 is but to begin taking pictures however is about to get underway quickly, forward of a probable November launch.