‘Primetime’ Teaser: A24 Debuts Robert Pattinson’s Uncanny Take on Dateline NBC Host Chris Hansen
A24 has released a teaser for the upcoming film 'Primetime,' featuring Robert Pattinson as a version of Chris Hansen from 'To Catch a Predator.' Directed by Lance Oppenheim, the film explores themes of media sensationalism and moral judgment. The project is produced by notable filmmakers, including Ari Aster, and aims to critique the voyeuristic nature of contemporary true crime narratives.
- ▪Robert Pattinson stars as a version of Chris Hansen in A24's 'Primetime.'
- ▪The film is directed by Lance Oppenheim and critiques media sensationalism.
- ▪It features a cast that includes Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, and Phoebe Bridgers.
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Robert Pattinson has spent the last decade-plus treating movie stardom like some kind of elaborate public dare. Between the criminal desperation of the Safdie brothers’ “Good Time,” the operatic arthouse psychosis of Robert Eggers’ “The Lighthouse,” and even his bruised emo kid-turned-Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” the actor’s career has increasingly revolved around figures trapped inside social ecosystems they don’t fully understand. It makes some sense then that the unnerving first teaser for A24‘s “Primetime” puts Pattinson at the center of another uniquely American nightmare.
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