Primetime is a 2026 psychological thriller film directed by documentarian Lance Oppenheim and based on the 2007 Esquire article "Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die" by Luke Dittrich. Robert Pattinson stars as Chris Hansen, the host of To Catch a Predator as he sets out to make television history with his program. Costarring Merritt Wever as Hansen's producer at Dateline NBC Andie Bender, Skyler Gisondo as Dan Plumb, an aspiring actor hired to be a decoy "teenager," Matthew Marre as Xavier Von Erck, the founder of perverted justice who do most of the online chats with potential predators, Phoebe Bridgers as Del Harvey, a veteran decoy, Jeff Zucker as himself, overseer of programming for NBCUniversal, and Aw-nah Farris as Mary Joan Hansen, Hansen's wife.

Timestamps:

  • (0:02:33) Howard the Duck (Willard Huyck, 1986)
  • (0:19:37) Out of Reach (Leong Po-Chih, 2004)
  • (0:38:05) Predators (David Osit, 2025)
  • (0:59:08) Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014)
  • (1:11:57) Primetime (Lance Oppenheim, 2026)
  • (1:56:16) Spoilers for Primetime
  • (2:08:14) Next time: Digger (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, 2026)

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Ben Verschoor

Steven Santana

Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel

Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa

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