Renée Zellweger is set to visit the Arconia and join the cast of Only Murders in the Building.
News of the actress’ casting was announced Wednesday by the series’ social media handles in which they jokingly copied the rollout of the casting announcements for Avengers: Doomsday and featured Zellweger’s name on a director’s chair.
Details of Zellweger’s role have yet to be announced but the actress joins series stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. Christoph Waltz and Keegan-Michael Key were previously announced to also be joining season five.
The Emmy-winning series’ fifth installment will have 10 episodes, as previous seasons have. The fifth season is currently in production.
In addition to Martin, Short and Gomez, the fourth season featured the show’s starriest cast yet with Meryl Streep returning as Loretta Durkin, Jane Lynch as Sazz Pataki, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, Eva Longoria, Richard Kind, Melissa McCarthy, Kumail Nanjiani and Molly Shannon.
Season 5 comes amid the show’s wins at the 2025 SAG Awards. The Hulu series won the award for best comedy series ensemble, while Short was named best actor in a comedy series for his role on the show.
Both Short and Martin were absent from the ceremony leaving Gomez to quip onstage that they weren’t there because they didn’t care. However, while on Amy Poehler‘s podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, Short said he missed the ceremony after he came down with COVID from the SNL 50 anniversary special days prior.
“I never win! I wasn’t even watching, I was watching The Brutalist,” Short said on the podcast. “Then someone said turn it on and I was stunned. That’s what Selena Gomez said, ‘We always lose.’”
“In this experience of Only Murders in the Building — we’re starting our fifth season — absolutely never had a consideration. Not remotely,” the star added of the possibility of winning awards for the show. “The publicist sends you things, ‘SAG Predictions,’ and it was always like, ‘Well if it isn’t Jeremy Allen White, I’ll tell you it will be Jason Segel.’ It was not even close.”
When Poehler asked Short how he thought he won, he joked, “I guess I’m beloved. I’ve become this stupid icon.”
Deadline was first to report the news of Zellweger’s casting.
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