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Happy Face (TV Series)
''Happy Face'' is an American crime drama television series. It was adapted from the 2018 podcast ''Happy Face'' by Melissa Moore, and her 2009 autobiography ''Shattered Silence'', co-written with M. Bridget Cook. The series stars Annaleigh Ashford, James Wolk, Tamera Tomakili, Khiyla Aynne, Benjamin Mackey, and Dennis Quaid. The series premiered on Paramount+ on March 20, 2025. In July 2025, the series was canceled after one season. Cast and characters Main * Annaleigh Ashford as Melissa Reed, Keith's daughter and makeup artist on ''The Dr. Greg Show'' * James Wolk as Ben Reed, Melissa's husband * Tamera Tomakili as Ivy Campbell, a producer on the show and Melissa's friend * Khiyla Aynne as Hazel Reed, Melissa and Ben's 15-year-old daughter * Benjamin Mackey as Max Reed, Melissa and Ben's 9-year-old son * Dennis Quaid as Keith Hunter Jesperson, the Happy Face killer Recurring * Kathleen Duborg as June Jesperson, Melissa's mother and Keith's ex-wife * Jennifer Spence as Renee * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
