Paramount+ Releases First Trailer & Images for ‘Happy Face’

Paramount+ has released the first trailer for its new series, Happy Face. Based on the podcast, Happy Face Killer, and the autobiography Shattered Silence by Melissa Moore and M. Bridget Cook, the series is based on the life of Melissa Moore, the daughter of the Happy Face Killer.

Starring 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 Macke, “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.”

The eight-episode season will premiere on Thursday, March 20 with two episodes, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and international markets where the service is available. Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays, with the season finale on May 1.

If you haven’t listened to the podcast I highly recommend it. Moore does such a great job telling her story, while also keeping you entertained from start to finish.

Source: Victoria Will/Katie Yu/Ed Araquel/Paramount+