Paramount+ greenlights "Mushroom Murders" with Melanie Lynskey

Paramount+ has greenlit "Mushroom Murders", meaning approved for production, Variety reported on 28 October 2026. The six-episode limited series, one fixed run rather than a returning show, stars Melanie Lynskey, who will also executive produce. It will dramatise the case of Erin Patterson, convicted of murder and attempted murder over a meal containing death cap mushrooms. Soapbox Pictures will produce.