'Happy Face' Brings In The Kids And A Recurring David Harewood

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  The upcoming Paramount+ drama series Happy Face has found all of its series regulars and jonesed for its recurring talk show host and Melissa’s boss. The final series regulars found are  Khiyla Aynne   and Benjamin Mackey, while Supergirl alum David Harewood is racking in the ratings. As one could surmise, Aynne and Mackey play Melissa (played by Annaleigh Ashford )’s kids with husband Ben, played by James Wolk . Specifically, Aynne  plays Hazel, their  secure and happy  15-year-old daughter who initially believes that her mother is off on a simple business trip. However,  she soon starts suspecting that something dire is going on, beginning to investigate and uncover the shocking circumstances of her mother’s past.  Mackey plays  lively   9-year-old Max, who takes his stable upbringing for granted and doesn’t grow his older sister’s suspicions regarding mom’s sudden absence. He instead steadfastly believes she’s producing some sort of on-location segment for  The Dr. Greg Show . A
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What's the Future of EPIX and Paramount+'s Pay-1 Holder Could Be?

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Amazon has finally taken over Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and its assets to turn things around for the best. One of the assets Amazon now owns is EPIX. Though Amazon doesn’t need the channel or the streaming service. They can move EPIX’s originals and movies to its streaming services, Prime Video and IMDb TV.

EPIX, founded in 2008, was a joint venture between MGM, Lionsgate, and Paramount Pictures, but the latter two dropped their shares. EPIX is still Paramount’s pay-1 holder for its movies after theaters. But a deal in 2021 allowed some movies to skip the pay-1 window and stream on Paramount+ after 45 days. Paramount+ and Hulu gain movies from EPIX through a sub-licensing agreement.

If Amazon ever decides to close EPIX (and they will) and preexisting deals don’t carry over to Prime Video (will most likely happen), Paramount+ would quickly become Paramount Pictures’ new pay-1 holder, surpassing the wait until 2024 for the window to expire. Amazon Prime Video will also become MGM’s new pay-1 holder for films that go to theaters. Hulu, on the other hand, would effectively lose over 2,000 movies.

In the end, it’s still a win for both Amazon and Paramount (not soo much for Disney). Both will gain and make their services valuable to both consumers and investors. Let’s just see how long Amazon would take its first moves.

What do you think will happen to EPIX?

Founder and head of What's on Paramount+, KP writes articles on what's new and upcoming to the Paramount streaming service, Paramount+.

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