{"id":30097,"date":"2026-08-06T18:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30097"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:12:15","slug":"robert-pattinson-catches-predators-in-new-trailer-for-a24s-crime-thriller-primetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30097","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pattinson Catches Predators In New Trailer For A24&#8217;s Crime Thriller Primetime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The new trailer for the Robert Pattinson-led A24 movie <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/db\/movie\/primetime\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Primetime<\/em><\/strong><\/a> has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p>Following his appearances in <em>The Drama<\/em> and <em>The Odyssey<\/em>, the next of <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/robert-pattinson-movies-upcoming-ranked-hype\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pattinson\u2019s upcoming movies<\/a> sees him revisiting one of the darkest corners of 2000s-era television. The actor produces and stars in <em>Primetime<\/em> as TV journalist Chris Hansen, who hosted <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> under the <em>Dateline NBC<\/em> umbrella. From 2004 to 2007, across three seasons, Hansen anchored a series of sting operations against child predators across the United States recorded by hidden cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 20 years after <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> went off the air, <em>Primetime<\/em> is pulling the curtain back on the controversial news program. <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/primetime-movie-trailer-a24-robert-pattinson\/\" target=\"_blank\">The first <em>Primetime<\/em> trailer<\/a> teased this exploration at the end of May, and the newest trailer provides an intense look at Pattinson\u2019s Hansen and the people in his orbit during this chapter of his life:<\/p>\n<p>Pattinson is joined in <em>Primetime<\/em> by Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers, Matthew Maher, and Bokeem Woodbine. Director Matt Oppenheim makes his narrative feature debut with this movie, having previously helmed the documentaries <em>Some Kind of Heaven<\/em> and <em>Spermworld<\/em>, as well as the HBO docuseries <em>Ren Faire<\/em>. Ajon Singh penned <em>Primetime<\/em>\u2019s script.<\/p>\n<p><em>Primetime<\/em>\u2019s psychological thriller tone is fitting given the dark subject matter <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> covered. As laid out in the new trailer, this was one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/best-show-each-year-2000s\/\" target=\"_blank\">popular TV shows of the 2000s<\/a>, with Pattinson\u2019s Hansen getting excited at the prospect of it being bigger than ABC\u2019s <em>Lost<\/em>. However, as also previously mentioned, <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> wasn\u2019t without its controversies, as it was repeatedly hit with entrapment accusations and conflict of interest claims during its three seasons on the air.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, arguably the biggest controversy was <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/why-was-to-catch-a-predator-canceled-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\">the circumstances in which <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> ended<\/a>. On November 5, 2006, the show conducted a sting operation in Murphy, Texas, in partnership with Perverted-Justice. One of the suspects who solicited one of the actors pretending to be a minor online, but did not come to the sting house, was Kaufman County assistant district attorney Bill Conradt. When police arrived at Conradt\u2019s home to execute search and arrest warrants, with the <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> crew in tow, Conradt shot and killed himself.<\/p>\n<p>One year after the suicide, Patricia Conradt, Bill Conradt\u2019s sister, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against NBC, which was ultimately settled out of court. By 2008, NBC canceled <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em>, and Hansen later hosted spiritual successors <em>Hansen vs. Predator<\/em> and <em>Takedown with Chris Hansen<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/robert-pattinson-primetime-movie-predators-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 2025 documentary <em>Predators<\/em><\/a> delved into <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em>\u2019s history and Hansen\u2019s similar work, as well as the numerous copycat shows that carry out their own child predator sting operations.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how deeply <em>Primetime<\/em> will explore Bill Conradt\u2019s death and its role in <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> ending, if at all. Regardless, the movie opens in theaters on September 25, the same day as Universal Pictures\u2019 <em>Forgotten Island<\/em> and Paramount Pictures\u2019 <em>Heart of the Beast<\/em>, among others. After <strong><em>Primetime<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s release, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/dune-3-movie-robert-pattinson-role-villain-scytale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pattinson will star as Scytale in <em>Dune: Part Three<\/em><\/a>, which re-teams with his <em>The Drama<\/em> and <em>The Odyssey<\/em> co-star Zendaya.<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card type-screen large\" data-show-streamrentbuy-links=\"true\" data-include-community-rating=\"true\" id=\"dba9-4c49-8c707ae2478b\">\n<div class=\"display-card-main-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"display-card-main-content\">\n<div class=\"display-card-content image-column\">\n<p>                        <!--    Rating block community and brand ratings --><br \/>\n                        <!--  Image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-img \" data-stnl-group-once=\"8DtWO2hAzh\">\n<div class=\"body-img portrait \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  img-article-square\" 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