Matter What Robert Pattinson Does, He'll Never Eclipse This Chilling 'To Catch A Predator' Movie

A24’s upcoming documentary To Catch a Predator spinoff Predators, arriving September 25, is framed as a test of the legacy built by Chris Hansen of Dateline NBC—now portrayed as pivotal to the question of what the genre does to both victims and would-be vigilantes. The article notes that Robert Pattinson was announced as Chris Hansen for A24’s Primetime, but argues that the film’s story and people may be harder to match. Documented by David Osit, Predators revisits Hansen’s formula, including a YouTuber inspired by it, and focuses on two anchored cases: the death by suicide of assistant district attorney Louis “Bill” Conradt after police arrived with a warrant, and a sting involving an 18-year-old who thought he was meeting a 15-year-old. It also highlights behind-the-scenes critiques and interviews with those harmed by the approach.