Serial Killer Series ‘Happy Face’ Trailer Featuring Annaleigh Ashford
by Alex Billington
March 5, 2025
Source: YouTube
“He wasn’t always a monster, he became one.” Paramount Plus has debuted an official trailer for a series called Happy Face, a chilling thriller about a true crime story made into a new dramatic series. This will be streaming later in March in just a few weeks, for anyone curious to dive in. Inspired by actual events, Happy Face is about Melissa Moore, daughter of Keith Jesperson, also known as “the Happy Face Killer”. After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for one of her father’s killings. During the process, she faces a reckoning of her own identity. Based on actual experiences with her father. He was known as the Happy Face Killer because he drew smiley faces on his many letters to the media and police. Starring Annaleigh Ashford as Melissa Moore, Dennis Quaid as Keith Hunter Jesperson, James Wolk, David Harewood, Tamera Tomakili, Khiyla Aynne, and Benjamin Mackey. This looks better than most streaming true crime dramatizations, but still just another of these serial killer stories with added the father-daughter twist.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Paramount+’s true crime series Happy Face, direct from YouTube:
Happy Face is inspired by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore; and 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 changed her name & 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, also 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 he committed. She also discovers the impact her father had on his victims’ families and must face a reckoning of her own identity.
Happy Face is a series written and showrun by writer Jennifer Cacicio, also a writer on “Shooter”, “Your Honor”. Developed by Robert King, Michelle King, and Jennifer Cacicio. With writing by Inda Craig-Galvan, Bam Johnson, Adam Toltzis. Also inspired by the story in “Shattered Silence” by Melissa Moore. And with episodes directed by Michael Showalter and Darren Grant. Made by CBS Studios in association with King Size Productions, iHeartPodcasts & Semi-Formal Productions. Exec produced by Jennifer Caciciom Robert King, Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, Melissa G. Moore, Conal Byrne, Will Pearson, Michael Showalter, Jordana Mollick. Paramount debuts Happy Face streaming on Paramount+ starting March 20th, 2025. Any good?
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