Centering on three true crime aficionados, ‘Only Murders In The Building’ is set to explore even more mysteries in Season 2.
Streaming It premieres this summer. Only Murders in the Building may have concluded its first murder mystery, but Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin), and Oliver (Martin Short) aren’t moving out of the Arconia just yet. In September, Hulu renewed the breakout comedy for a second season. “ Only Murders in the Building reflects the kind of creative excellence that is the hallmark of Hulu Originals,” Craig Erwich, the president of ABC Entertainment and Hulu Originals, said per Deadline. “The audience’s response to the delightful blend of mystery, humor and emotion in the show has been overwhelming and we can’t wait to follow this unlikely trio on their next adventure.” The series follows a trio of true crime obsessives who start a podcast after finding themselves sucked into a murder mystery in the apartment building they all live in. Martin, who co-created the show alongside John Hoffman, said he thought of the premise when the host of a party he was at suggested he write something for three “older Broadway actors” who were also attending. “The idea came almost immediately, that they lived in a building and they all were interested in crime,” Martin told the New York Times. “But they didn’t have the energy to go downtown, so they would only [investigate] murders in the building.” Later, Hoffman and Martin decided that they didn’t want the three leads to be too similar, so Gomez was brought in to play Mabel, a younger resident at the Arconia.
