Paramount+ Releases The Official Trailer For The Original Series, Happy Face
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L-R Kate Maree as Melissa and Dennis Quaid as Keith Jesperson Happy Face, episode 1, season 1, streaming on Paramount+. Photo credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+
Starring Dennis Quaid and Annaleigh Ashford, the original Paramount+ series, Happy Face, debuts the official trailer. Will it make you smile?
Paramount+ today revealed the official trailer for its highly anticipated original drama series HAPPY FACE. The eight-episode season will premiere on Friday, March 21 with two episodes, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.K. and on Thursday, March 20 in the U.S. Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Fridays in the U.K., with the season finale on May 2.
HAPPY FACE features a star-studded cast, including Emmy-nominated and Tony Award-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford, Emmy Award and two-time Golden Globe-nominated actor Dennis Quaid and series regulars James Wolk, Tamera Tomakili, Khiyla Aynne and Benjamin Mackey.
PREMISE
HAPPY FACE is inspired by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore. The critically acclaimed Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore. And the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook. At 15, Moore discovered that her beloved father was the prolific serial killer known as Happy Face. As an adult, she has changed her name and guarded her secret while her father has been serving life in prison.
Jumping off from Moore’s true-life story. The Paramount+ Original Series follows Melissa (Ashford) and her incarcerated father, known as the Happy Face Killer (Quaid). After decades of no contact, he finally finds a way to force himself back into his daughter’s life. In a race against the clock, Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. Throughout, she discovers the impact her father had on his victims’ families. And must face a reckoning of her own identity.
BEHIND THE SCENES
HAPPY FACE is produced by CBS Studios in association with King Size Productions. iHeartPodcasts and Semi-Formal Productions. Jennifer Cacicio (Your Honor, Shooter) serves as showrunner for the series and executive producer. Alongside Robert and Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, Melissa G. Moore, Conal Byrne, Will Pearson, Michael Showalter and Jordana Mollick. Michael Showalter (The Dropout, The Eyes of Tammy Faye) also directed the first episode. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
THE NEW ARTWORK
Happy Face premieres later this month on Paramount+
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