Last week there was some good news: Only Murders in the Building would be returning a lot sooner than expected. The Hulu show — with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as amateur sleuths and podcasters in a Dakota-esque Upper West Side apartment building — bowed late last summer and was an instant classic.
Only Murders in the Building centers around three strangers who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. As they record a podcast of their own to document the case, the three unravel the complex secrets of the building which stretch back years. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realize a killer might be living amongst them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it’s too late.
A second season was quickly greenlit, but there won’t be a huge wait for more. Instead, it’ll be back on June 28, less than a year after its first episode. And even though they’re still filming — one reason why the three couldn’t host this year’s Oscars — there’s already a new trailer.
It finds the gang, now infamous, trying to clear their names, with the media and their neighbors on their case. There are also first glimpses of new cast members Cara Delevingne and Amy Schumer (but not Michael Rapaport, who’s also joined the cast).
Here are the Only Murders in the Building second season’s synopsis, as per a press release:
Following the shocking death of Arconia Board President Bunny Folger, Charles, Oliver & Mabel race to unmask her killer. However, three (unfortunate) complications ensue – the trio is publicly implicated in Bunny’s homicide, they are now the subjects of a competing podcast, and they have to deal with a bunch of New York neighbors who all think they committed murder.
