Billionaires and Mobsters Raise the Stakes in ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 5 Trailer

It’s a mystery why anyone still lives in the fictional apartment building the Arconia, but their lease renewals keep Only Murders in the Building alive — even if its staff and residents can’t say the same. The hit series starring Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Steve Martin returns to Hulu on Sept. 9. In the Season Five trailer, the crime-solving trio are faced with another death, their beloved doorman Lester. When their investigations lead them to a crew of mobsters, they’ll need more than Godfather quotes to solve the mystery.

The latest preview of Only Murders is full of chilling sights: a severed finger, a dead body in a fountain full of blood, the Staten Island Ferry. But it also ushers in a new cast of characters. Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, and Christoph Waltz join the series as a trio of billionaires who should have better things to do than spend their time sniffing around a crime scene. “The easiest way to win is to make your opponent think they’re playing a different game entirely,” Zellweger posh character Camile White says in the clip.

Lester’s autopsy report rules that his death was accidental, but the facts (and detached limbs) aren’t adding up. As it turns out, he had a run-in with a mobster played by Bobby Cannavale the night before his body was discovered in the Arconia fountain. The podcasting crew is in for another wild ride.

“Their investigation plunges them into the shadowy corners of New York and beyond — where the trio uncovers a dangerous web of secrets connecting powerful billionaires, old-school mobsters, and the mysterious residents of the Arconia,” a synopsis of the season reads. “The trio discovers a deeper divide between their storied city they thought they knew and the new New York evolving around them — one where the old mob fights to hold on as newer, even more dangerous players emerge.”

Keegan-Michael Key, Beanie Feldstein, Dianne Wiest, and Jermaine Fowler are among the latest cast additions. Season Four members Téa Leoni, Richard Kind, and Nathan Lane also make their return alongside Michael Cyril Creighton, Meryl Streep, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.

From Rolling Stone US.