Kate Beckinsale to lead Paramount+ dark comedy Guilty Party, replacing Isla Fisher

Deadline

Fisher had to exit the Funny Or Die-produced series due to "pandemic-related circumstances," so Beckinsale will take over the lead role. She'll play Beth Baker, "a discredited journalist desperate to salvage her career by latching on to the story of a young mother sentenced to life in prison for maiming and murdering her husband, crimes she claims she didn’t commit," per Deadline. "In trying to uncover the truth, Beth finds herself in over her head as she contends with Colorado gun-smugglers, clickbait culture, the doldrums of marriage and her own tarnished past."