Olivia Colman Joins ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 6
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- Olivia Colman was revealed as a Season 6 guest star via an Instagram video with Selena Gomez, Meryl Streep, and Martin Short, in which Streep teases "we're just missing one!" before Colman appears in costume.
- Season 6 stacks roughly two dozen British guest stars beyond Colman, including David Tennant, Martin Freeman, Jim Broadbent, Jennifer Saunders, Geri Halliwell, Nicola Coughlan, Simone Ashley, Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Derek Jacobi, and Richard Ayoade — with the source noting many are former "Doctor Who" stars.
- Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Meryl Streep, and Michael Cyril Creight are all returning to the series for the new season.
- Production on the London-set season is currently underway in the U.K., with the amateur detective crew crossing the Atlantic from New York to pursue the investigation into Cinda Canning's death introduced in the Season 5 finale.
- The series was co-created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman, who executive produce alongside Short, Gomez, Dan Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal, Ben Smith, Jennifer Crittenden, and Gabrielle Allan, with 20th Television as the studio.
- No release date has been announced for Season 6.
Why it matters: Season 6 marks a creative reset for the Hulu series, uprooting the New York-set whodunit to London and packing the cast with British heavyweights — a bet that could broaden the show's international appeal and lean into its fish-out-of-water comedic premise.
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