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
'Knuckles' Series Finally Bowls Up Official Trailer With April Premiere
Move over Ted, there’s a new CG character starring event streaming series spun off from a movie! Paramount+’s Knucklesseries, starring the beloved echidna from the Sonic the Hedgehogfranchise voiced by Idris Elba in this realm of it, has dropped its official trailer. It’s also revealed that all six episodes of the series will be released at once on Friday, April 26, exclusively on Paramount+ in the United States and Canada, while Latin America, Australia, South Korea, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria get it the next day, April 27, while Japan will later on. The series will not be on Paramount+ everywhere, instead on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Spain and Central and Eastern Europe.
With this series taking place between his 2022 debut in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and this December’s third film, thetrailer opens with Wade Whipple, played once again by Adam Pally, catching audiences up on who Knuckles is as they’re out for a drive. He likes vengeance for fun! And as it turns out Sonic does appear in the series, which makes sense if he (and Tails!) too has basically been adopted by Tom and Maddie Wachowski, the latter of whom is played once again by Tika Sumpter, and will not allow the living room to be used for gladiator fights. Sonic and Tails are voiced by their voice actors from the films, Ben Schwartz and Colleen O’Shaughnessey. It is admittedly quite cool that they’re both back and not being written around, even if Tom (James Marsden) is. But from the sound of it, don’t be surprised if his “hilarious and action-packed journey of self-discovery” and taking Wade as his protégé, teaching him the ways of the Echidna warrior is his having something to occupy his time. Instead of say, transforming the house to his comfort to pit the dog against the mailman. He even has a motorcycle to go with his beloved brown cowboy hat.
An associate of Robotnik’s, called “The Buyer”, played by Rory McCann has several vials of echidna quills that he powers his tech with, as showcased by his cronies, Agents Mason and Willoughby, in a bowling alley confrontation mirroring Knuckles’s first with Sonic. Every hero has a genesis, but only one hero hits this hard. At the very least a reference Pachacamac, the chief and warlord of the Knuckles Clan and father of Tikal, a character not yet introduced in this continuity makes a brief appearance, in what some speculate to be either a disguise or a dream sequence.
The event series cast also includes Cary Elwes as Wade’s dad "Pistol" Pete Whipple, as well as Stockard Channing as Wade’s mother Wendy, Edi Patterson as his sister Wanda, Kid Cudi as Agent Mason, Ellie Taylor as Agent Willoughby, Julian Barratt as Jack Sinclair (whoever that is), and Christopher Lloyd purportedly as Pachacamac. Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel will be playing anchors for ESPN 8: The Ocho. Jeff Fowler, director of both films so far, directs the pilot and serves as an executive producer. John Whittington, who worked on the screenplay for the second film, is credited as co-creator with showrunner Toby Ascher, from Original Film who also executive produces. Whittington also wrote the pilot and serves as head writer and executive producer. Brian Schacter and James Madejski are also writing for the series. Several members of the films' creative team, Neal H. Moritz also comes from Original Film to executive produce with Toru Nakahara. Jorma Taccone, Ged Wright, Brandon Trost, and Carol Banker are also directing episodes. Paramount Pictures and Sega of America produce as they do the film.
A subsequent TV spot for the series separate from this will be shared between the CBS and Nickelodeon broadcasts of Super Bowl LVIIIon Sunday. However, Knuckles, Sonic and Tails will also be making a surprise appearance during the latter’s game broadcast. Hopefully, the fact that Sonic can't swim doesn't affect anything with Allegiant Stadium being brought to Bikini Bottom. Or else all the fires will be instantly quenched again. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has become Paramount+’s top-performing Kids & Family film in reach and one of the service’s most rewatched films. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will be released in theaters on December 20, 2024. Welcome to the year of Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
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