Happy Face: Dennis Quaid as Serial Killer – Release Date & Details

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Within the upcoming Paramount+ suspense collection, Dennis Quaid performs Nineties serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, in any other case chillingly generally known as the “Completely happy Face Killer.” The veteran actor, who not too long ago co-starred with Demi Moore in The Substance, stars alongside Annaleigh Ashford as his daughter, Melissa G. Moore and a not too long ago launched trailer gave viewers a peek into what the suspenseful eight-episode drama will entail.

Learn on to seek out out when you possibly can watch Completely happy Face, and what else to know forward of the collection debut.

What’s ‘Completely happy Face’ About?

The collection is predicated on the true case of Keith Hunter Jesperson, generally known as the Completely happy Face Killer. The case dates again to the Nineties when Jesperson, who’s now serving a life sentence at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, murdered a number of ladies. He was arrested in 1995 and earned his moniker for drawing a smiley face in letters he despatched to officers.

Quaid, who will painting the Completely happy Face Killer on this collection, advised The New York Submit, “Serial killers are very simple to play.” He added, “As a result of they actually type of don’t have any emotion.”

When does the ‘Completely happy Face’ Collection Debut?

Completely happy Face is impressed by a real crime podcast of the identical title, chronicling the experiences of Melissa, now in maturity, as she makes an attempt to unravel and settle for the influence her father’s crimes (at the very least eight murders over 5 years within the 90s) have had. “Completely happy Face follows Melissa (Annaleigh Ashford) and her incarcerated father, generally known as the ‘Completely happy Face Killer’ (Dennis Quaid),” an official logline reads. “After many years of no contact, he lastly finds a solution to drive himself again into his daughter’s life. In a race towards the clock, Melissa should discover out if an harmless man goes to be put to demise for against the law her father dedicated. All through, she discovers the influence her father had on his victims’ households and should face a reckoning of her personal identification.”

Melissa herself has written at size about her father’s crimes, most notably in her 2015 ebook, Shattered Silence: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer’s Daughter. “It was like there was one other Keith Jesperson,” she wrote of discovering her father’s crime as a youngster in a 2014 essay, in accordance with BBC Information. “I had caught glimpses of this different man, however I additionally remembered when my dad got here dwelling from long-haul truck drives he could be so doting and type. He appeared like such dad at instances. Then once more, he had mentioned some very unusual issues over time. ‘ I drove previous the Oregon State Penitentiary, and I honked my horn,’ he advised me on the cellphone one time. ‘I mentioned: ‘Sometime I’m gonna be there. However not but!’”

‘Completely happy Face’ Collection Launch Date

Completely happy Face can be launched by way of a two-episode debut on Paramount+ on Thursday, March 20, 2025. The extra episodes, six in whole, will air weekly on Thursdays till the dramatic collection concludes on Could 1.