Overview
- In late August 2026 Hansen told Entertainment Tonight that Pattinson’s trailer impression is “overly dramatic” but that his family thinks it is a “pretty good imitation.”
- Hansen says he was invited to a private A24 preview then refused to sign a legal agreement and was not shown the film, while A24 says the request was a routine nondisclosure agreement for unreleased previews.
- Hansen has emphasized he was not involved in the film’s production and says Primetime depicts him saying and doing things he disputes as inaccurate.
- Despite not seeing the finished movie, Hansen bought preshow ads directing audiences to his TruBlu streaming network and has signaled he may seek legal review of the film’s use of his likeness.
- Primetime, produced by A24 with Robert Pattinson and Ari Aster attached, revisits Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator and renews debate over the ethics and real-world harms of televised sting operations, including the 2006 Conradt case.