GUILT – “Guilt” is a one-hour soapy drama about a young American woman in London who becomes the prime suspect in the savage murder of her roommate. (ABC Family/Nick Ray)
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Vinyl‘s Emily Tremaine has been cast in a lead role in Freeform’s new original Guilt TV series. Tremaine is set to play Natalie Atwood, a Boston prosecutor whose sister is accused of murder, in London.

Back in August 2015, Freeform (then ABC Family) announced in a press release that Arrow‘s Katrina Law had been cast in the role for the Guilt pilot. Guilt was ordered to series in November 2015, but no casting details were included in that release.

Here is the Freeform announcement with more details:

EMILY TREMAINE SIGNS ON TO STAR IN FREEFORM’S NEW ORIGINAL SERIES “GUILT”

“Guilt” Is a Co-Production of Sea to Sky Entertainment (The Joint Venture Between Lionsgate Television and Thunderbird Films) and BV Family Productions

Emily Tremaine (“Vinyl”) has been cast as one of the leads in Freeform’s new original series “Guilt,” a co-production of Sea to Sky Entertainment (the joint venture between Lionsgate Television and Thunderbird Films) and BV Family Productions. Tremaine will be playing Natalie Atwood, a Boston prosecutor who heads to London after her sister Grace is accused of murder. Natalie will be forced to question her sister’s innocence… and discover exactly how far she is willing to go to keep Grace out of jail.

The definition of guilt is being responsible for wrongdoing or a crime. In the murder of Molly Ryan, many are guilty in different ways, but only one is truly guilty of her murder. When Natalie’s sister Grace becomes the prime suspect in her roommate Molly’s murder and popular target for the press and in social media, Natalie leaves her life in Boston and heads to London to defend her. With the help of an ethically questionable ex-pat lawyer Stan Gutterie, Natalie starts to question how innocent her sister may really be as more ugly truths start to surface. In this one-hour soapy drama, the mystery will twist through all layers of London society – from a posh but depraved sex club and all the way up to the royal family itself.

“Guilt” is written, created and executive-produced by Kathryn Price (“The Game Plan”) and Nichole Millard (“The Game Plan”). Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer serve as writing executive producers, with Gary Fleder (“Kingdom,” “Scorpion”) and Larry Shaw (“Desperate Housewives”) as executive producer directors. Stephen McPherson serves as executive producer. “Guilt” is a co-production of Sea to Sky Entertainment (the joint venture between Lionsgate Television and Thunderbird Films) and BV Family Productions, in association with Freeform. Gary Fleder directed the pilot.

About Freeform

Part of the Disney|ABC Television Group, Freeform is distributed in 94 million homes. The network connects to audiences and goes beyond entertainment with bold original programming and immersive social engagement. The network delivers a unique mix of quality original and acquired series, plus fan favorite movies and the holiday events “13 Nights of Halloween” and “25 Days of Christmas.” The Freeform app is a service that allows viewers with participating TV subscription services access to 24/7 live viewing of the network, as well as continued on-demand access via a wide array of devices.

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms, video games and international distribution and sales. The Company has nearly 80 television shows on 40 different networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses. These include the critically-acclaimed hit series “Orange is the New Black,” the multiple Emmy Award-winning drama “Mad Men,” the hit broadcast network series “Nashville,” the syndication successes “The Wendy Williams Show” and “Celebrity Name Game” (with FremantleMedia), the breakout series “The Royals” and the Golden Globe-nominated dramedy “Casual.”

Its feature film business has been fueled by such successes as the blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, the first two installments of the “Divergent” franchise, “Sicario,” The Age of Adaline, CBS/Lionsgate’s “The DUFF,” “John Wick,” “Now You See Me,” Roadside Attractions’ “Love & Mercy” and “Mr. Holmes,” Lionsgate/Codeblack Films’ “Addicted” and Pantelion Films’ “Instructions Not Included,” the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.

Lionsgate’s home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rates. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 16,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the company’s core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world. www.lionsgate.com

What do you think? Do you like the sound of the Guilt TV show? Are you more likely or less likely to tune in, with this casting change?