{"id":606860,"date":"2026-05-27T15:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606860\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:52:10","slug":"robert-pattinsons-massive-year-continues-with-primetime-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606860\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pattinson\u2019s Massive Year Continues With \u2018Primetime\u2019 Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt will take you a minute to recognize Robert Pattinson<\/a>\u2019s voice in the new teaser trailer for Primetime<\/a> (watch below), A24\u2019s upcoming film in which he stars as broadcast journalist Chris Hansen<\/a>, the face of the former Dateline NBC series To Catch a Predator<\/a>. This has become something of a signature for the guy who\u2019s brought wild vocal flair to everything from The Devil All the Time to Mickey 17 to Good Time. <\/p>\n

\n\tHere, the British actor appears to take on Hansen\u2019s vocal patterns and tics with an eerie, off-kilter precision, as those familiar with the infamous true-crime host can attest. While a very small glimpse into what the characterization will look like \u2014 with an even shorter visual introduction \u2014 the trailer indicates that more chameleonic work from Pattinson is on the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPrimetime is directed by the acclaimed documentarian Lance Oppenheim<\/a> (Some Kind of Heaven, Ren Faire) in his narrative feature debut, and marks Pattinson\u2019s first full feature-producing credit<\/a>. It\u2019s set in 2006, the year in which the bulk of the series\u2019 episodes aired. (To Catch a Predator premiered in 2004.) The show, which followed Hansen and his crew working with law enforcement and hiring \u201cdecoys\u201d to trap and arrest alleged pedophiles, emerged as a kind of queasy cultural phenomenon, drawing millions of viewers to the reliable template of Hansen catching bad guys on camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBut 2006 was also the year when a target of To Catch a Predator named Bill Conradt shot and killed himself, right as officers and the film crew entered his home \u2014 a shocking tragedy that led to the end of the show. It\u2019s not clear what ground Primetime will cover, but hearing Pattinson\u2019s Hansen say with chilling conviction in the trailer, \u201cI\u2019m Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC, and you\u2019re about to be a part of television history,\u201d indicates that this won\u2019t be the sunniest of portraits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThis will be Pattinson\u2019s second A24 movie of the year following The Drama<\/a>, for which his anxiously humane turn earned some of the best reviews of his career. (THR\u2019s review<\/a> said, \u201cPattinson gives a natural, appealing performance, convincingly playing a relatively normal guy\u2026who begins to realize that his comfortable life with his quirky dream girl is not nearly as settled, or normal, as he once thought.\u201d) That movie, like Primetime, affirms that the Twilight alum is not playing it safe in his choices \u2014 giving big, complex performances to match provocative material from idiosyncratic filmmakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd still, Pattinson\u2019s year is just getting started, continuing to mix high-end blockbuster fare with sharp-edged auteur projects. He\u2019s got a major role in Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey<\/a> as the arrogant Antinous, will play a new antagonist to Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s Paul Atreidis in Dune: Part Three<\/a>, and stars opposite Denzel Washington in Netflix\u2019s Here Comes the Flood<\/a>. Oh, and he\u2019s now jumping into filming on Matt Reeves\u2019 sequel to The Batman<\/a>, in case you were worried about him slowing down.<\/p>\n

\n\tPrimetime will be released in theaters this fall. The film co-stars Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo and Phoebe Bridgers in her feature debut. You can also check out the poster below.<\/p>\n

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