Robert Pattinson is on fire
Robert Pattinson couldn’t be further from his image as the brooding teenage vampire in his breakout role in Twilight. Even if Mickey 17 wasn’t a big hit with audiences, Pattinson shows in that movie that not only can he be quirky, but in that movie alone, he displayed an impressive range. He recently got to use his own accent as a slightly more twisted variation of a Hugh Grant-rom-com-archetype character in The Drama, which co-starred Zendaya. And later this year, Pattinson will be showing off more of his sinister side with his appearances in The Odyssey and Dune: Part Three, both of which also co-star Zendaya.
Welcome to Primetime
A24 has just released the ominous new trailer for Primetime. The details around the film has been kept under wraps and the only thing known during its development was that it was a crime drama inspired by the Dateline NBC show To Catch a Predator. The trailer shows various images broadcast on multiple CRT television screens with Pattinson narrating with some heavily dramatic questions. Then, he introduces himself as Chris Hanson of Dateline NBC.
The official synopsis of Primetime reads, “In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.” The film stars Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers, Matthew Maher and Sean Bridgers. Lance Oppenheim, who recently helmed the HBO documentary series, Ren Faire, developed the film with Pattinson to be his debut narrative feature film. Ajon Singh writes the screenplay. Singh is also tapped to write Lord and Miller’s Spider-Punk with Daniel Kaluuya co-writing and starring.
Pattinson also produces the film along with Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Brighton McCloskey, Tyler Campellone, Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones. Oppenheim and Singh will also executive produce the film with William Iannaccone and A.J. Bourscheid for Range and Emily Hildner for Square Peg.
Oppenheim has worked with acclaimed filmmakers like Darren Aronofsky, who produced his documentary Some Kind of Heaven. He has also worked alongside Josh and Benny Safdie, both of whom backed Ren Faire. The director credited growing up in Florida as being an “insane place,” which inspired his documentary filmmaking.
Primetime comes to theaters Fall 2026
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