Demi Moore and Billy Bob Thornton are both set to land in the $740K-$770K an episode range next season on landman, but Moore got there through a new deal after a shorter two-year contract. The original cast members, except Thornton, won significant salary increases before Season 3 production begins in late August in Fort Worth, Texas.
Demi Moore and Billy Bob Thornton
Moore's new deal puts her on track to reach parity with Thornton next season, a notable shift because his three-year agreement already included standard year-to-year increases. For a show that posted 9.2 streaming views in its first 48 hours for Season 2, then climbed to 14.8 million views within two days for the finale, those pay levels sit in the range reserved for breakout hits.
Ali Larter more than doubled her most recent paycheck and is heading to north of $350K an episode, while also landing a talent deal. Jacob Lofland and Michelle Randolph are moving up to $130K-$180K an episode next season, with Paulina Chavez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie and James Jordan believed to be below that band.
Ali Larter and Michelle Randolph
Larter took the longest to close her negotiation, and that patience paid off in the biggest percentage jump among the original ensemble. In a business where post-Season 2 raises are usually pushed later in a show's run, that kind of bump signals that the series has already crossed into a rarer pay tier.
Thornton is the holdout in the structure, not the beneficiary: he is excluded from the reported renegotiations because of his separate deal, even as Moore is said to be converging with him on salary next season. This is the friction point in the story — the lead actor keeps the old arrangement, while the rest of the original cast resets around the show's stronger leverage.
Fort Worth, Texas
Season 3 production is slated to begin in late August in Fort Worth, Texas, so these new numbers now shape the cost base heading into the next shoot. With Sam Elliott and Andy Garcia added to the main cast this past season, the original group's raises suggest Paramount+ and the studios behind the series are budgeting for a more expensive, higher-earning Landman Season rather than treating Season 2 as a one-off spike.
