Yahoo Lifestyle Only Murders in the Building Season 5: Everything We Know So Far
If you’re here, chances are you’ve finished Only Murders in the Building Season 4 and are looking for scoop on Season 5. That’s where TVLine comes in!
In October, we hopped on Zoom with series co-creator John Hoffman in an attempt to find out all we could about the series’ next murder mystery. Arconia doorman Lester is dead, the dry-cleaning king of Brooklyn has disappeared, and surprise guest star Tea Leoni may or may not be involved.
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There are also questions surrounding the return of Meryl Streep — especially now that Loretta has flown off to New Zealand to resume production on her Grey’s Anatomy spinoff, right after marrying Oliver — and who may be cast as the aforementioned dry-cleaning king, Nicky “The Neck” Caccimelio. Only Murders also seems to have a habit of killing off Paul Rudd, only to revive him….
Here’s what Hoffman had to say in October about, well… all of that, followed by casting news and other intel we’ve received in the months since.
TVLINE | Oliver and Loretta agree to continue the long-distance thing, even now that they’re married. Is this simply a way to buy yourselves time in order to accommodate Meryl Streep’s schedule heading into Season 5?
It’s partly pragmatic in that way, sure. But really it’s about what the trio has built together, and what Oliver and Loretta have built together. That is a little wink to Hollywood at the moment when she’s saying how, suddenly, the budget [on her show] is requiring [they shoot in] New Zealand. That was one part of it. But then it feels to me like a beautifully adult decision that she comes to, saying, “We don’t have to do this in any way traditionally… we never have… we shouldn’t.” There was a slightly longer speech there talking about “we can long for other, and pine for each other, and then when we’re together, it’s that much more magical. That’s all I want is to keep that.” So, we’ll see how it goes. Nothing would make me happier than more Meryl Streep in the show.
TVLINE | In Episode 9, Nicky “The Neck” Caccimelio goes missing. Then in the finale, the great Tea Leoni makes her debut as his wife, Sofia Caccimelio. Can you confirm that Tea will recur in Season 5?
It is my tremendous, great hope and belief that that might be true.
TVLINE | So, in other words, no T’s have been crossed, and no I’s have been dotted just yet.
First of all, she’s the best. I will give up that we have had texts about things that can happen in Season 5, as recently as a few days ago.
TVLINE | When Sofia first walks out of the elevator, and she introduces herself to Charles and Mabel, I got a bit of a mob wife vibe. Is there a mob element to this story?
There is a real opportunity, I think, for Season 5 to take us back into the land of New York today, in many ways… and maybe even headlines about New York City today, in the real world, might influence some of the stories in a way that we haven’t done yet.
TVLINE | Sofia suggests that her husband’s disappearance is perhaps, in some way, tied to the building. Given that tie, and Lester’s long history at the Arconia, would you say that Season 5’s mystery will be connected to the story of the Arconia in a way that maybe the show hasn’t been since Bunny’s death in Season 2?
Do you have a little microphone in the writers’ room? These are questions we asked, for sure, and have relevance to the stories we may be looking at for Season 5.
TVLINE | You’re still writing Season 5, but have you given any thought to who you might cast as Nicky? How are you imagining that character?
This is an area that has been well trod…. I don’t want to give too much away, but I think we play with, as the show has done from the beginning, classic meets modern….
TVLINE | After he kills Sazz, but before he attempts to kill our trio, Rex kills Glen Stubbins. Now, Paul Rudd has the distinction of being the first actor on this show to inhabit two roles….
The first person who has died three times!
TVLINE | See, you gotta go for four! Any chance he returns in a third role?
I mean, Paul likes a good, repetitive joke. The fact that he likes the show as much as he does, and keeps at it with us, moves me to the point of making terrible choices. Dramatically, I can’t take anything off the table for him or for Jane Lynch. Or anyone else, frankly.
TVLINE | Jackie Hoffman’s Uma is the last person we see before Sofia introduces herself to Charles and Mabel, and the last tenant we encounter before the trio finds Lester dead in the courtyard. And it got me thinking that maybe, juuuust maybe, Uma has been operating as some sort of queenpin of the New York underworld this entire time.
Well, now you’re going too deep! There are a few elements within the story that we’re telling for Season 5 that, certainly, I hope make people happy. But it’s both a further delving into the dynamics within the building and its people — tenants we have grown to love that we may have missed a little bit here and there, but also some new faces as well that are in the building that we haven’t yet discovered… and some ripe opportunities for lovely guest star hits, too. This feels like a season that is going to sit in the lane that I love, which is the great character actors, and actors in New York City, will be hopefully employed and in good stead.
Who is returning for OMITB Season 5?
Only Murders in the Building Season 5 will feature returning series regulars Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez and Michael Cyril Creighton.
Which stars are joining OMITB Season 5?
Only Murders in the Building Season 5 has thus far cast Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele, Schmigadoon!) and Oscar winners Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained) and Renée Zellweger (Cold Mountain, Judy), in undisclosed roles.
Does OMITB Season 5 have a release date or trailer?
Only Murders in the Building Season 5 is currently in production and does not yet have a release date or trailer — though all previous seasons have premiered between June and August, which leads us to believe that new episodes will be ready for a Summer 2025 release.
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