Overview
- On Thursday Chris Hansen went to A24’s offices for a private preview of Primetime and left after he says he refused to sign a paper that he believed would surrender rights to his name, image and brand.
- Multiple industry outlets and studio sources say Hansen was offered a standard preview NDA that A24 requires to prevent spoilers and protect the film before release.
- A24 has declined to comment publicly and production sources told reporters that people who have seen the film were connected to the project or are credited in the movie.
- Hansen says he was not paid, he has no financial stake in Primetime, and he was not brought on as a consultant, which shapes his objection to the screening terms.
- Primetime, directed by Lance Oppenheim and starring Robert Pattinson as Hansen, is scheduled for a Venice premiere and a Sept. 25 theatrical release and the dispute has intensified public attention on how dramatizations revisit the ethics of To Catch a Predator.