Hulu released the first look at Meryl Streep in Season 3 of Only Murders in the Building via a teaser that will air during Sunday night’s Academy Awards.
The 30-second clip introduces Streep as a “surprise you never saw coming” before panning to the Oscar winner fumbling with a line during what appears to be a table reading. “Oh my god, it’s me!” says Streep between nervous laughter. “Oh, I’m so sorry. It’s me, isn’t it?”
Only Murders in the Building follows three strangers – Charles, Oliver and Mabel (Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez) – who share an obsession for true crimes and suddenly find themselves involved in one. After a suspicious death occurs in their exclusive apartment building on the Upper West Side, the trio use their intimate knowledge of true crimes to find the killer and ultimately uncover the truth. As they record their own podcast to document the case, the three unravel the building’s complex mysteries that stretch back years.
Season 3 begins as the trio work to find out who killed Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd). In the season two finale, which aired last August, viewers saw Glenroy die onstage while appearing opposite Charles in a Broadway play.
Streep’s casting announcement was made in January via an Instagram video shared through Gomez’s account. She is credited with appearing in a recurring role.
“Only Murders in the Building” is from co-creators and writers Martin and John Hoffman (“Grace & Frankie”, “Looking”). Martin and Hoffman are executive producers along with Short, Gomez, This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman and Jess Rosenthal. The series is produced by 20th Television.
Check out the teaser below.