Paramount+ series Happy Face, with Dennis Quaid as the real-life serial killer who got his name from drawing smiley faces on his letters taunting the media and authorities, is filming in Vancouver this Spring.
Annaleigh Ashford co-stars as his daughter Melissa,, who at age 15 discovered that her father was a serial murderer .
Happy Face (Dennis Quaid) is an incarcerated serial killer who is Melissa’ (Annaleigh Ashford)’s once-beloved father. 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 series comes from Robert and Michelle King’s King-Sized Productions and is inspired by Melissa Moore’s real life story, her autobiography Shattered Silence and the Happy Face podcast.
Happy Face
Episodes: 8.
Filming dates: March 19 2024 – June 19 2024
Showrunner: Jennifer Cacicio
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Annaleigh Ashford.
Producers: Melissa Jesperson-Moore, King-Sized Productions (Robert King, Michelle King), CBS Productions.