Chris Hansen buys ads after saying he would not sign the NDA he says A24 sent for a private screening of Primetime. The dispute puts a public fight over access to the film in front of the same audience the trailer has already reached online.
Chris Hansen and Primetime
Clause 5 of the alleged paperwork was broad: it said the recipient released the company and related entities from any and all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with the project, including the recipient’s screening of the project. Hansen said he had a bone to pick over the upcoming film and claimed the document asked him to sign away the rights to his life.
He was blunt about the result. “there was no way in hell I was going to sign that,” he said.
A24's Screening NDA
Studio sources said legal sent the document one week before he was scheduled to screen, and that the NDA was a standard A24 screening form. Those same sources said Hansen had the chance to send it back with comments after speaking with his lawyer, but did not return it with changes.
The same account says Hansen arrived at the preview expecting to walk in. That is the part that turns a routine screening packet into a business dispute: once access to a private showing is tied to a release, the paperwork becomes the gatekeeper.
Robert Pattinson for Primetime
The project has extra attention because Primetime stars Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, and the trailer drew widespread attention online. People also praised Pattinson for what looked like a strong impression of Hansen, which only increases the pressure around how the film handles the real person at its center.
A studio source pushed back hard, saying Hansen was overreacting and had not shared the entire story. Hansen still says A24 tried to do him dirty, and the practical result is simple: if he wants to see the film in a theater, he will have to pay for a seat like everyone else.
The open issue is whether A24 built a standard screening release around the event or tried to make Hansen accept terms specific to his own story. That answer will decide whether this was ordinary screening paperwork or a tighter control over a film that puts his name and likeness on screen.
