'Primetime' trailer sees Robert Pattinson ready to catch a predator on TV
Robert Pattinson is set to star as investigative journalist Chris Hansen in the upcoming A24 thriller 'Primetime'. The film explores the production of the controversial mid-2000s true crime series 'To Catch a Predator'.
Why it matters
The film highlights the intersection of media ethics, true crime entertainment, and the cultural impact of reality television in the early internet era.
Robert Pattinson hits the Primetime in A24's latest thriller, playing investigative journalist and TV presenter Chris Hansen, host of the notorious Dateline series To Catch a Predator in the mid-2000s.Directed by Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven), Primetime explores Hansen's mission to make the controversial true crime NBC show, one Jimmy Kimmel once referred to as "Punk'd for pedophiles."
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