Meryl Streep and Martin Short Spotted Kissing in Character on the Set of 'Only Murders in the Building'

Meryl Streep and Martin Short’s Solely Murders in the Constructing characters have been packing on the PDA!

Filming for Solely Murders in the Constructing season 5, the on-screen couple was noticed on the streets of New York Metropolis on Wednesday, Might 7. In the pictures, Short, 75, dressed as Oliver Putnam — with a banana in hand — is operating beside his new spouse, Loretta Durkin (Streep).

In the pictures, the two are additionally seen displaying some PDA, from cuddling up with each other to even sharing a kiss.

Whereas it isn’t clear what the newlyweds are operating to (or from), Loretta could also be becoming a member of Oliver, Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) and Steve Martin (Charles-Haden Savage) as they resolve the newest homicide to plague New York Metropolis. 

Government producer Dan Fogelman teased in a January dialog with The Wrap that the upcoming season will embrace “one other large enjoyable thriller the writers have been cooking up.”

“The flexibility for the writers to take these three guys who’re so snug in the pores and skin of these roles now, and the place the comedy sits in the present, the place the dramedy sits in the present, it’s simply so at all times so enjoyable to begin a brand new story with them and discover new features of their friendship and new features of their lives,” Fogelman mentioned. 

In March, the present’s official social media accounts revealed that Renée Zellweger can also be becoming a member of the solid. The following month, Deadline confirmed that Logan Lerman, Jermaine Fowler, Christoph Waltz, Keegan-Michael Key and Beanie Feldstein joined the solid.

Since Streep, 75, joined the collection throughout season 3, rumors relating to the nature of her and Short’s relationship started to flow into. However Short’s representatives advised PEOPLE in January 2024 that the pair are “simply excellent buddies, nothing extra.”

Short later advised PEOPLE in Might 2024 that it was “coincidental” that Streep joined the present as a love curiosity for his character. In October 2024, OMITB government producer and author John Hoffman mentioned the “unbelievable” chemistry between Streep and Short — on and offscreen.

“, it’s one of the most sudden turns however I bear in mind pondering, like, ‘God.’ As I bought to know Meryl, as I’ve recognized Marty, and as I watched the two of them work collectively in season 3, I simply — it was unbelievable,” he advised Decider, including: “They only delighted in one another on display, off-screen in each means.”

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Solely Murders in the Constructing seasons 1 via 4 can be found to stream on Hulu.