Meryl Streep reviews Hulu’s only murders in the building.
The three-time Oscar winner will star in the third season of Hulu’s crime comedy. Star Selena Gomez revealed Streep’s casting in an Instagram post on Tuesday.
Details of Streep’s role – and how extensive it could be – are being kept under wraps for now. She joins a cast led by Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short; Paul Rudd – who made a cameo appearance in the season 2 finale – and former Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams also join the cast, which also includes Tina Fey, Vanessa Aspillaga, Adina Verson, Ryan Broussard and Andrea Martin belong.
Only Murders in the Building was nominated for 17 Emmys after its first season, winning three of them (Guest Actor Honors for Nathan Lane, Outstanding Production Design, and Outstanding Sound Mixing). Hulu has said the show is its favorite original comedy; It spent nine weeks on Nielsen’s top 10 streaming series chart in 2022, raking in 3.67 billion minutes of viewing time in that span.
The role will be Streep’s first in a TV series since she starred in the second season of HBO’s Big Little Lies. She has three Emmys to her credit: Outstanding Narrator for Netflix’s documentary Five Came Back (2017), Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for HBO’s Angels in America (2004), and Lead Actress in a Limited Series for Holocaust (1978).
Martin also posted a group photo with Streep and announced that filming of the show’s third season has begun.
Disney’s 20th television produces Only Murders in the Building. Martin and John Hoffman co-developed and executive produced the series with Short, Gomez, Dan Fogelman (This Is Us) and Jess Rosenthal.
Check out Gomez and Martin’s Instagram posts below.