Shonda Rhimes is entering into the “Only Murders in the Building” and “Knives Out” whodunnit sport along with her newest sequence “The Residence.”
Super-producer Rhimes and government producing associate Betsy Beers reunite with “Scandal” alum Paul William Davies for an additional White House-set sequence — besides this time, it’s a screwball crime comedy.
Uzo Aduba stars as Cordelia Cupp, a consulting detective for the Metropolitan Police Department, who’s tasked with fixing a homicide. Add in FBI Special Agent Edwin Park (Randall Park) to make a modern-day Sherlock and Watson/”Odd Couple.” While Aduba’s Cupp is called essentially the most sought-after detective on the earth, she and Park don’t see eye to eye: Park is skeptical about Cupp’s unconventional strategies, and their dynamic guarantees to be as intriguing because the thriller they search to unravel, as the outline teases.
The official synopsis reads: “132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous State Dinner. ‘The Residence’ is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion.”
“The Residence” additionally stars Giancarlo Esposito, Edwina Findley, Molly Griggs, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Al Mitchell, Dan Perrault, Bronson Pinchot, Julieth Restrepo, Mel Rodriguez, Susan Kelechi Watson, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Mary Wiseman.
Eliza Coupe, Jane Curtin, Paul Fitzgerald, Barrett Foa, Al Franken, Spencer Garrett, Taran Killam, Julian McMahon, Matt Oberg, Brett Tucker, and Kylie Minogue visitor star.
The sequence is impressed by Kate Andersen Brower’s ebook of the identical title.
Paul William Davies (“Scandal,” “For the People”) is the creator, showrunner, author, and government producer. Rhimes and Beers additionally government produce.
As Susan Kelechi Watson stars in “The Residence,” her fellow former “This Is Us” co-star (and onscreen husband) Sterling Okay. Brown is main another White House-centric murder mystery. Brown teamed up once more with “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman for “Paradise,” a few Secret Service agent who’s accused of killing the President. James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, and Percy Daggs IV co-star.
“The Residence” premieres March 20 on Netflix. Check out the teaser under.
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