Chris Hansen Clashes with ‘Primetime’ Producers Over Controversial NDA Demand

Former To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen is in a dispute with the producers of Primetime, the upcoming Robert Pattinson-starring film about the NBC series, regarding a non-disclosure agreement he was asked to sign before previewing the movie.

Hansen discussed the situation on Fox News on Thursday, stating that he visited A24’s offices in New York to view Primetime before its Venice Film Festival premiere. However, he claims his legal team advised against signing the NDA provided by the studio.

“The lawyers at A24 wanted me to sign away my rights to my name, image and, you know, brand essentially, as well as any potential legal rights that would come out of the movie,” Hansen said on Jesse Watters Primetime. “I couldn’t sign that, so they didn’t show me the film. I went all the way up there… It was a very restrictive agreement.”

A source close to the film told Rolling Stone that Hansen was asked to sign a standard NDA that all preview audiences must sign to prevent spoilers and protect studio intellectual property. The source stated that the NDA did not require Hansen to “sign away” rights to his name, brand or image. Despite this, Hansen declined to sign, and therefore did not view Primetime, the source confirmed. (Hansen did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the source’s claims.)

“I haven’t seen the film,” Hansen told Fox News. “If you look at the trailer, obviously it’s a very dramatized version. They had told me that it’s fictionalized in many aspects. I know other people have seen it who didn’t sign an NDA, and yet they wanted me to sign it.”

Hansen also mentioned that he has “no financial stake in this film” and was never contacted by the production before filming began. He only learned about the movie once cameras started rolling. “I’m just a working reporter, and I’m not learned in the sophisticated ways of Hollywood. But I find stuff out,” Hansen said. “I’ve been an investigative reporter for four decades, so I knew this was going on.”

Despite the NDA controversy, Hansen told Watters, “I get a call today saying, ‘Well, you know, everybody’s concerned. They want you to be happy with the film.’ Well, then why didn’t you tell me about it when you started shooting the film?”

As a result, Hansen will have to wait until Primetime hits theaters on September 25 to see how Pattinson portrayed him.

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