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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-27T18:16:28.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nIf you're interested in true crime, you might have dipped your toe in the water with _Only Murders in the Building_ 's comedic approach to the genre. But Robert Pattinson's new movie _Primetime_ is definitely taking things up a notch. The film tells the story of how Chris Hansen started his _Dateline_ segment _To Catch a Predator_ , which is all about Hansen trapping adult men who think they're about to hook up with minors. Yeah...it's just as intense as it sounds.\n\n* * *\n\n## Here's everything you need to know about _Primetime_ with Robert Pattinson.\n\n### Robert Pattinson's 'Primetime' shows how Chris Hansen (and 'Dateline') changed TV.\n\n\n\n\n_Primetime_ is directed by Lance Oppenheim, and is all about _Dateline NBC_ journalist Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson), \"who takes on an underworld of crime and changes television forever.”\n\nThe new movie is coming to theaters in the fall of 2026 and stars Robert Pattinson alongside Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, and Phoebe Bridgers.\n\n### And Chris Hansen thinks 'To Catch a Predator' \"raised awareness.\"\n\n\n\n\n_To Catch a Predator_ ran as a segment of _Dateline_ from 2004 to 2007 before it was cancelled after a prosecutor named Louis Conradt shot himself while the cameras were rolling and his sister sued NBC.\n\nEven though the show did have some controversy, Hansen told TIME in 2015 that “I think we raised awareness and created a dialogue that didn’t exist before. We created compelling television, and I think we exposed a lot of bad people who were preying on children. So if the old-guard journalists have a problem with that, then so be it.”\n\n“At the end of the day,” he continues, “we had proved our point.” What do you think?\n\n**Follow Brit + Co on Facebook for more Robert Pattinson and movie news, and for updates on _Primetime_ before it hits theaters this year.**",
  "title": "Robert Pattinson & Phoebe Bridger's New Thriller 'Primetime' is For the True Crime Obsessed"
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