The series is set to debut in 2025. <\/p>
Dennis Quaid is set to star in new Paramount Plus<\/a> series, Happy Face, which is based on the real-life story of Melissa Moore, the daughter of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson.<\/p>\n Quaid will portray Keith Hunter Jesperson, who was nicknamed Happy Face because he drew smiley faces on his letters to authorities about his crimes.<\/p>\n Viewers recently saw Quaid<\/a> star in Lawmen: Bass Reeves<\/a> as Sherrill Lynn, marking Happy Face the second Paramount Plus series he has starred in.<\/p> The series is inspired by the podcast of the same name from Moore, her real life story and the book Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M Bridget Cook.<\/p>\n As per the official description, the series will use Moore\u2019s story as a \u201cjumping-off point\u201d to explore how her \u201cfather contacts her to take credit for another victim, pulling her into an extraordinary investigation of her father and his crimes.<\/p>\n \u201cAs she discovers the impact her father had on his victims\u2019 families, she must face a reckoning of her own identity.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n The eight-part series is slated to debut in 2025, with production reported to begin<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n The actor will star alongside the previously announced Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome to Chippendales), who will portray Melissa Moore.<\/p>\n At the age of 15, Moore discovered that her father was the serial killer known as Happy Face. She guarded her secret and changed her name.<\/p>\n Keith Hunter Jesperson remains in prison at Oregon State Penitentiary, where he is serving multiple life sentences without parole.<\/p>\n\n