The Righteous Gemstones Season 2 Adds Eric Andre & Eric Roberts According to Deadline, Eric Andre ( Bad Trip), Jason Schwartzman ( Mozart in the Jungle), and Oscar nominee Eric Roberts ( Runaway Train) have officially signed on for recurring roles in the upcoming second season of HBO‘s hit comedy series The Righteous Gemstones. Production on the new 9-episode season is currently underway after more than a year since they had wrapped up its first season in 2019. Andre is set to play the role of Lyle Lissons, described as a megachurch pastor from Texas who befriends Danny McBride’s Jesse and Cassidy Freeman’s Amber. Meanwhile, Schwartzman will be playing a journalist working on a story about the ministries named Thaniel, with Roberts set to portray Junior, the childhood friend to John Goodman’s Eli who re-enters the preacher’s life.