Selena Gomez’s ‘Only Murders in the Building’: Everything We Know

Even more questions! Only Murders in the Building’s original storytelling and electric cast, including Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, quickly made the Hulu series a topic of discussion.

The mystery series focuses on three neighbors who end up connecting over their love of true crime and investigate a murder from their building. As the episodes unfold, OMITB makes it clear that nothing is what it seems.

Before all the season 1 episodes were even released, Hulu confirmed that they picked the show up for another season. Luckily, executive producer John Hoffman teased that fans already saw clues about season 2.

“Within our gorgeous open opening credits, which we worked very hard on,” John shared with E! News in September 2021. “There is a slight difference. An Easter egg is dropped, basically. A slight thing to pick up and find in each episode’s opening credits that points to a little mystery within that episode, or within the mystery at large.”

Show writer Kirker Butler also confirmed that the writer’s room was already working on the next season, which will include a new crime.

“What we’re doing right now is we’re working on season 2. So it’s all about breaking the overall arc of the season; what our mystery’s going to be, who our suspect’s going to be,” Kirker said during an episode of Hulu’s “Only Murders In The Pod” podcast in September 2021.

Although season 2 of OMITB is still very much its own mystery, the main trio of the show will be coming back to continue to bring the humor and the heart. Selena previously opened up about the lessons she learned while working alongside comedy legends Steve and Martin.

“Well, keeping up with Steve and Marty is … a lot. It’s great, but you want to make sure that you are living up to the expectation,” she told Glamour in September 2021. “I was surprised at the moments where I would improv and people would laugh because I’m not as good in that department as they are. So when I would do it, I was very timid. But when I would make Steve and Marty laugh, it was gold. I was like, ‘Yes! I did it right.'”

The comedians, for their part, also gushed about the way that their friendship with Selena popped on screen. Steve recently described knowing that the Disney alum would be “completing the triangle” as soon as they met her during a script read for OMITB.

“After we hung up, Marty and I called each other and said, ‘She’s fantastic!'” Steve told USA Today in September 2021. “That’s literally what we said. She is perfect because it’s so unlike us.”

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The Original Cast Is Coming Back

Selena took to Instagram to celebrate the renewal, writing, “So ready for this!! Season 2!!!”

Steve, who serves as executive producer alongside Martin and Selena, also seemingly confirmed that he was coming back. “We’ve been picked up for a second season! That means another year of dieting, weightlifting, and memory pills for Steve,” the Pink Panther star tweeted.

There Will Be a New Mystery

After a fan asked Steve if a renewal means that Tim Kono’s murderer won’t be found out until season 2, the actor replied that the murder “will be solved in season 1.” The killer was revealed, but the major twist is that Mabel (Selena) was arrested as the prime murder suspect!

“It’s not what you’d expect,” Selena teased to People in January 2022. “There’s a lot of new things happening, but I’m still with the old guys [costars Steve and Martin] having a good time.”

The Plot Has Already Been Teased

Viewers won’t have to wait long to find out where the story goes from here, because according to the creator, it was already hinted at. “At the end of episode 4, we’re saying it, with a little bit of a tease,” John told E! News in September 2021. “Cinda Canning is the one who holds the tease, [the] amazing Tina Fey.”

During the episode, Cindy gives an introduction to one of her true crime podcasts after previously giving the main trio advice about their own project.

“What happens when your second chance becomes your last shot is a line of dialogue from Brazos, episode 713, which prophesized what would happen 15 years later, when a fake detective decided to become a real one,” Cinda said. “When he and his true crime fan buddies took a second chance, and become the subject of our next investigation.”

Transitioning From Season 1 to Season 2

“It’s cool because, personally, in my life, since I started season 1 to doing season 2, I changed so much,” Selena told Variety in December 2021. “I know that it’s a small amount of time, but I think it kind of carried on into [her character] Mabel. If anything, there’s just more of a sophistication to her. Her style gets better. She’s like super cool. I cut my hair. So it’s a whole fresh start for Mabel.”