A24 has launched the teaser trailer for “Primetime,” a brand new drama-thriller that sees Robert Pattinson go well with up as the enduring “To Catch a Predator” host, Chris Hansen.
“Ren Faire” filmmaker Lance Oppenheim directs with a script from Ajon Singh. Different forged members embody Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo and Phoebe Bridgers.
The logline for “Primetime” reads, “In 2006, ‘To Catch a Predator’ host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.” Whereas it reveals little when it comes to plot, 2006 introduced a big chapter for “To Catch a Predator,” which adopted Hansen and a digicam crew as they tried to catch youngster predators in complicated sting operations. In November 2006, Kaufman County assistant district legal professional Invoice Conradt killed himself in his Texas residence as legislation enforcement and an NBC digicam crew descended on his residence as a part of a “To Catch a Predator” investigation. Conradt’s case was a part of a four-day sting in Murphy, Texas, which yielded the seize of 25 males. The operation was met with fierce backlash from locals, and the Collin County district legal professional’s workplace declined to prosecute any of the instances introduced in opposition to the people arrested.
“To Catch a Predator” ran from 2004 to 2007 on NBC. The present was massively fashionable throughout its day, and regardless of airing solely 20 episodes, it stays a cultural touchstone of TV historical past and investigative journalism. “To Catch a Predator” additionally lengthy outlived its time on air via viral YouTube compilations of the sequence’ most outlandish moments.
“Primetime” is a Vary Media, Icki Eneo Arlo and Sq. Peg manufacturing. Producers embody. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger, Robert Pattinson, Brighton McCloskey, Lars Knudsen and Tyler Campellone.
“Primetime” hits theaters in fall 2026. Take a look at the teaser beneath.
