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Melanie Lysnkey’s next TV series will keep her at Paramount+ .

The Yellowjackets star will lead and executive produce a limited series currently titled Mushroom Murders at the streamer. Created by Anya Beyersdorf ( Apple Cider Vinegar ), Daina Reid ( The Handmaid’s Tale ) and Deb Balderstone ( Dustfall ) and produced by Soapbox Pictures, the drama is based on a notorious 2023 homicide case in Australia.

Here’s the description: “In 2023, Erin Patterson (Lynskey) served individual beef wellingtons to her estranged in-laws and their relatives at a lunch in her Victoria home in Australia. Unbeknownst to her guests, Patterson allegedly prepared the food with highly toxic death cap mushrooms, resulting in the deaths of three guests.…