Dennis Quaid in the skin of the “Smiley killer”: trailer
A mini-series True Crime, which will tell the impossible heritage of the daughter of “Happy Face Killer”.
How to live knowing that we are the child of a serial killer? This is the whole story of Melissa Moore, the daughter of Keith Jesperson, a Canadian murderer nicknamed “The Happy Face Killer” or “The Smiley killer” in French. Sentenced to perpetuity for 8 assassinations, the sociopath claimed more than 130 … Melissa was 15 years old when she discovered the true identity of her father. She changed her name but continued to visit her father in secret, then developing the podcast Happy Face and writing Shapered Silencehis autobiography. She also went on television several times to tell her story, in the talk show Dr. Phil or at Oprah Winfrey, as shown in the series of the series Happy Facea true crime drama paramount +:
Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome to Chippendales) will play Melissa while Dennis Quaid will slip into the shoes of the smiley killer. “After contactless decades, Keith returns to her daughter’s life and Melissa must discover if an innocent man will be put to death for a crime committed by her father. In doing so, she has to face a question about her own identity“Details the synopsis.
The first two episodes of Happy Face will be broadcast on March 20 on Paramount + in the United States, followed by new episodes each week. The French broadcast date is not yet known.