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Taylor Sheridan during his induction into the Texas Business Hall of Fame in November.
Taylor Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch Productions has secured roughly 450,000 square feet inside Hillwood’s 27,000-acre AllianceTexas master-planned community — for what else? Visual storytelling, of course.
The buildings — originally built on spec — are being repurposed as purpose-built production hubs, according to a CoStar News article. At least one of them already houses a replica kitchen set for “Landman,” Sheridan’s oil-boom drama starring Billy Bob Thornton as oil company fixer Tommy Norris.
“We’ve talked about Hollywood for a while,” Ross Perot Jr. told CoStar News. “We have wanted to promote Fort Worth as a film destination, but it was Taylor Sheridan who kicked it off.”
Terms of the leases were not disclosed.
Sheridan has been a driving force in Fort Worth’s and Texas’ film ambitions. In late 2024, he testified before the Texas Legislature in support of strengthening the state’s film incentive program. “None of those shows could have been produced in Texas without the state's financial backing,” he said.
His efforts, alongside high-profile support from Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, helped push through a $1.5 billion incentive package that goes into effect this fall. The legislation offers long-term rebates and incentives for filmmakers who establish permanent roots in Texas, exactly as Sheridan is doing.
Fort Worth, for its part, is all in. Both buildings leased by Bosque Ranch Productions have been nominated for designation as qualified media production locations by the Texas Film Commission. If approved, they’d be among the first in the state to benefit from the new incentives. And the city itself would become a serious contender in the increasingly competitive race to lure productions away from California, Georgia, and New Mexico.
Already, Sheridan has made Fort Worth a character in his storytelling. “1883,” “Special Ops: Lioness,” and “Landman” have all been filmed in and around the area. His private ranches double as sets and occasionally moonlight as venues for ultra-exclusive country concerts.