Image: official trailer (YouTube)Primetime is a 2026 American psychological thriller film written by Ajon Singh and directed by Lance Oppenheim. It dramatizes the production of the reality television series To Catch a Predator (2004–2007); Robert Pattinson portrays its host Chris Hansen, an NBC journalist who works with the vigilante group Perverted-Justice to catch child predators in sting operations. Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, and Phoebe Bridgers appear in supporting roles.
The setup: In 2006, journalist Chris Hansen hosts To Catch a Predator, a Dateline NBC series where he conducts sting operations with the anti-pedophilia vigilante group Perverted-Justice. They lure would-be child predators, expecting to engage in sex with minors (played by decoy actors of legal age), to houses where Hansen and his camera crew confront them before they are arrested. To Catch a Predator is a ratings success, and NBC's head Jeff Zucker places it in the primetime slot to compete with ABC's hit show Lost.
- Release
- September 24, 2026
- Director
- Lance Oppenheim
- Starring
- Anna Faris, Robert Pattinson, Jonathan Lipnicki, Jessica Hecht, Alex Winter, Bokeem Woodbine
- Genre
- Crime thriller, Biographical, Psychological thriller
- Runtime
- 110 min
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