{"id":30099,"date":"2026-08-06T18:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30099"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:17:28","slug":"primetime-trailer-sees-robert-pattinson-ready-to-catch-a-predator-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30099","title":{"rendered":"Primetime trailer sees Robert Pattinson ready to catch a predator on TV"},"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<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/videos\/056xFj4316BX3zACJPlY0k9\/hero-image.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen in the film \"><\/p>\n<p>Robert Pattinson hits the <em>Primetime<\/em> in A24&#8217;s latest thriller, playing investigative journalist and TV presenter Chris Hansen, host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/feature\/the_shame_game.php\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">notorious <em>Dateline<\/em> series <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em><\/a> in the mid-2000s.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Lance Oppenheim (<em>Some Kind of Heaven<\/em>), <em>Primetime<\/em> explores Hansen&#8217;s mission to make the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/jan\/27\/to-catch-a-predator-sundance\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">controversial true crime NBC show<\/a>, one Jimmy Kimmel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/culture\/2025\/12\/predators-documentary-dateline-to-catch-a-predator-review\/685421\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">once referred<\/a> to as &#8220;<em>Punk&#8217;d<\/em> for pedophiles.&#8221; Hansen&#8217;s team deployed undercover reporting, decoy actors, and hidden surveillance cameras to expose &mdash; and assist in arresting &mdash; men soliciting sex with minors through chatrooms online. 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