“Steve Martin had the idea so I knew there was comedy gold in it somewhere,” says “Only Murders in the Building” showrunner John Hoffman on the show’s premise, which both honors and spoofs true crime podcasts. Hoffman was approached by Martin and executive producers Dan Fogelman and Jess Rosenthal to join the Hulu series, and they quickly dug into the question of how to make the murder mystery genre feel new. “How do we make the classic meet modern?,” they collectively wondered, and the answer was largely in the intergenerational casting of Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Hoffman has experience writing for legendary comedic duos: he executive produces and writes for Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie,” which stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. “I don’t know what star I fell under,” he says of his good fortune in working with not only Fonda and Tomlin,...
Hoffman has experience writing for legendary comedic duos: he executive produces and writes for Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie,” which stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. “I don’t know what star I fell under,” he says of his good fortune in working with not only Fonda and Tomlin,...
- 12/1/2021
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