Meryl Streep will return for the 5th season of 'Only Murders in the Building'

The official accounts of the acclaimed comedy series Whodunit Only Murders in the BuildingThey revealed that the legendary Oscar's winner, Meryl Streep, will return for the fifth season repeating his role as Loretta Durkin.

The publication made in X/Twitter was accompanied by the following message:

“Prepare, Meryl returns for the fifth season! That's all.”

• “That's all” is a wink to the iconic character played by Streep in the acclaimed film The Devil Wears Prada.

The post was accompanied by a video in which Selena Gómez asks Streep: “So you will return for the fifth season?” Streep answers: “Well, I think that depends on …”before being interrupted by Gómez, who says: “No, no, no, that was not a question.”

The comedy and mystery series, called a whodunitcreated by Steve Martin y John Hoffmanit focuses on Charles, Oliver and Mabel (Steve Martin, Martin Short y Selena Gome), fans of real crimes, whose enthusiasm is tested in the first season, when a resident of the Arconia building located in the Upper West Side, where they live, ends up dead. With the reason and the murderer still unknown, they will have to work together to unravel the truth. The trio investigates a new murder every season with the help of his ingenuity and his podcast Only Murders.

Hoffman told Thewrap last October about what was then a potential return of Streep:

“I have a hard time imagining that Loretta is not part of this television program now, and I have told Meryl and I think she thinks the same. Everything is reduced to giving something that is worth it. I was wondering if many people worried that we did something terrible to Loretta at the end of this season, but I did not imagine it. I honestly, I only have great wishes that we can do more with her. adequate for her and give her something worthwhile. “

The cast of the fifth season will then feature the returns of the protagonist trio, in addition to Streep, Michael Cyril Creighton, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Jackie Hoffmany Tea Lions. While the new additions for the fifth season are at the moment, Keegan-Michael Key (Friends from College), Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds), Renée Zellweger (Judy, Bridget Jones), Logan Lerman (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), y Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart).

Martin, Hoffman, Short, Gómez, Dan Fogelman and Jess Rosenthal are the executive producers. 20th Disney Television Television Studios produces the series.

The fifth season is In production right now. Season 5 will consist of 10 episodes Like the previous four seasons.

A release date has not yet been announced.

The four seasons are available to streaming in Hulu in the United States, and in Disney Plus throughout Latin America.