{"id":649245,"date":"2026-08-21T15:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649245\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:20:39","slug":"chris-hansen-was-not-asked-to-sign-away-rights-at-primetime-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649245\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hansen Was Not Asked To &#8220;Sign Away&#8221; Rights At &#8216;Primetime&#8217; Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/chris-hansen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chris-hansen\" data-tag=\"chris-hansen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Hansen<\/a> claimed he was turned away from a screening <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/a24\/\" id=\"auto-tag_a24\" data-tag=\"a24\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A24<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/primetime\/\" id=\"auto-tag_primetime\" data-tag=\"primetime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Primetime<\/a>, it would appear he refused to sign a standard NDA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn Thursday, a source told Deadline that the former <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/to-catch-a-predator\/\" id=\"auto-tag_to-catch-a-predator\" data-tag=\"to-catch-a-predator\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">To Catch a Predator<\/a> host was not asked to \u201csign away my rights\u201d in order to see the Lance Oppenheim-helmed thriller about him, as Hansen previously claimed on Fox News\u2019 Jesse Watters Primetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe form is an NDA that all preview audiences are asked to sign a week in advance to view in an unreleased film, in order to prevent spoilers and protect IP. Hansen reportedly refused to sign, and therefore, wasn\u2019t allowed to screen the film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter Hansen recently confirmed he\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/08\/chris-hansen-questions-hollywoods-motive-primetime-1237045541\/\">going to see<\/a>\u201d the Ajon Singh-penned thriller, which stars Robert Pattinson as Hansen, following an invite from the film\u2019s team to a private screening, he appeared Thursday on Fox News, claiming he was asked to sign \u201ca very restrictive agreement\u201d to attend the advanced screening. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything quite like it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThe lawyers at A24 wanted me to sign away my rights to my name, image and brand essentially, as well as any potential legal rights that would come out of the movie,\u201d added Hansen. \u201cI couldn\u2019t sign that, so they didn\u2019t show me the film. I went all the way over there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MCDPRIM_EC071.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen in 'Primetime' (2026)\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"683\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRobert Pattinson as Chris Hansen in \u2018Primetime\u2019 (2026)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSinna Nasseri\/A24\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPremiering Sept. 25 in theaters, Primetime follows Chris Hansen (Pattinson) as he attempts to make television history with NBC\u2019s To Catch a Predator (2004-\u201907), a hidden camera show that set up stings for adult men seeking sex from minors online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Chris Hansen claimed he was turned away from a screening A24\u2018s Primetime, it would appear he refused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[745,434,219409,18,117,19,17,219411,219412],"class_list":["post-649245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-a24","tag-celebrities","tag-chris-hansen","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-primetime","tag-to-catch-a-predator"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117134180061520345","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}