Shortly after the release of the fourth season of the hit comedy series, “Only Murders In The Building”, Disney was quick to announce a fifth season would also be heading to our screens soon.

“Only Murders in the Building” hails from co-creators and writers Steve Martin and John Hoffman (“Grace & Frankie,” “Looking”).  The show follows three strangers (Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez) who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. 

During an interview with The Wrap to promote the new Hulu Original series, “Paradise”, executive producer, Dan Fogelman, shared an update on the upcoming fifth season of the hit comedy series, “Only Murders In The Building”.

Filming on the fifth season is due to begin in March and will once again feature many “more big guest stars.”  The series has already featured many well-known actors, including Paul Rudd, Meryl Streep, Cara Delevingne, Tina Faye, Sting, Amy Schumer, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis and Eva Longoria.

“I was just texting with Steve [Martin] and Marty [Short] and John Hoffman this morning.  We can expect more big guest stars that’ll probably be announced sooner rather than later.”

Dan didn’t reveal too much about the story for the fifth season but did tease that it would include “another big fun mystery the writers have been cooking up” that would lead to a “fulfilling” season. Hoffman previously said Season 5 would “hit on some very current things going on within New York, specifically very relevant things that are happening in the city right now.”

“The ability for the writers to take those three guys who are so comfortable in the skin of those roles now, and where the comedy sits in the show, where the dramedy sits in the show, it’s just so always so fun to start a new story with them and explore new aspects of their friendship and new aspects of their lives.  I think it’s going to be a really fun, fulfilling season.”

The show has been such a hit. We’ve seen 20th Television be very productive in releasing a new season each year, which Dan pointed out, stating that most other streaming shows have only done about “half the amount of seasons that we have done” since the show premiered in 2021.

“We have two guys who aren’t 20-year-olds doing it — when we are back and hustling and get the scripts done in time, and we get back shooting … we have a consistent rhythm of getting back on TV for the people who watch it that I’m really proud of for the show,” he said. “I’m excited to get going again.”

Roger’s Take: With filming set to kick off in March, I suspect they’ll once again be able to turn the show around pretty quickly due to limited special effects requiring post-production. Hopefully, we will get to see the fifth season by the fall, similar to previous seasons.

All four seasons of “Only Murders In The Building” are available to stream now on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States and on Disney+ around the world.

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Roger Palmer

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