Only Murders in the Building 5: The crime solving trio returns for a new case
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The fifth season of 'Only Murders In A Building' will be available for streaming on JioHotstar in India. (Credit: JioHotstar)
Season five also features Michael Cyril Creighton, and special guest stars Meryl Streep, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Richard Kind, Nathan Lane, Bobby Cannavale and Rene Zellweger. Actors Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz, Ta Leoni, Keegan-Michael Key, Beanie Feldstein, Dianne Wiest and Jermaine Fowler also play key roles.'Only Murders In The Building' is helmed by co-creators and writers Steve Martin & John Hoffman ('Grace & Frankie','Looking'). Martin and Hoffman executive produce along with Martin Short, Selena Gomez, 'This Is Us' creator Dan Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal, Ben Smith and JJ Philbin. The series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.The first season of the show premiered in 2021. It was followed by three more seasons.The last season of the whodunnit series was released in August 2024.The fifth season of 'Only Murders In The Building' is scheduled to release on September 9. With three episodes dropping on premiere day, new episodes will follow every week, exclusively on JioHotstar.- Ends
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