Amarillo, Texas Gets a Behind the Scenes Look with Landman Co-Creator at WTAMU Event
Amarillo, Texas, has seen several celebrities in town due to Taylor Sheridan's many creations, including the Yellowstone, 1883, and 1923 series filmed in the area. It was only a matter of time before we started seeing people from the Landman series.
One of the Co-Creators of Landman is Speaking in Canyon, Texas
Christian Wallace will be making an appearance at West Texas A&M University. Wallace is a writer, most notably for Texas Monthly. Wallace also wrote and hosted the podcast Boomtown about the West Texas oil boom in the Permian Basin.
After hearing the podcast, Taylor Sheridan optioned it for the screen. Along with Wallace, they created Landman, based on the Boomtown podcast.
Landman premiered on November 17, 2024, on Paramount+ with two episodes. The show stars Billy Bob Thorton, John Hamm, Demi Moore, Ali Larter, and other familiar faces who have appeared in other Taylor Sheridan shows.
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Taste of Country reported that 14.6 million people viewed the series in the first 7 days making it the biggest global premiere week for a Paramount+ original show. Landman was renewed for a second season on March 12, 2025.
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When Will Christian Wallace be Speaking at West Texas A&M University
Wallace will speak at WTAMU at the event, “From Boomtown to Landman: Storytelling in the West Texas Oil Patch,” on Thursday, April 10th. The event will start at 7 pm in Legacy Hall in the JBK Student Center on the WTAMU Campus in Canyon, Texas. The lecture is being hosted by the Center for the Study of the American West, as a part of the Garry L. Nall endowed lecture series and the WT's Distinguished Lecture Series.
Admission to the lecture is free.
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