Hollywood | Oct 26, 2024 | 7 min read Robert is now a film producer

The Batman star Robert Pattinson is set to produce Primetime, a film set against the backdrop of TV journalism.

The movie, which hails from studio A24, will be directed by Lance Oppenheim of TV series Ren Faire fame. It is his first scripted feature film, penned by Ajon Singh.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Primetime is said to follow the story of a journalist who takes on the underbelly of crime and changes television forever. Insiders say the film draws inspiration from To Catch a Predator, the 2000s reality show hosted by Chris Hansen. Oppenheim is also attached to executive produce the film along with Singh.

Pattinson will produce Primetime via his Icki Eneo Arlo banner along with Brighton McCloskey, Range’s Brian Kavanaugh Jones and Fred Berger. Square Peg’s Lars Knudsen, Ari Aster and Tyler Campellone will also back the movie. Pattinson served as an executive producer on the 2010 drama feature Remember Me, which also starred him in the lead.

The actor will next be seen in Mickey 17, a sci-fi black comedy directed by Bong Joon-ho. The actor has also been in talks to The Drama with Zendaya as his co-star. The project is helmed and written by Dream Scenario director Kristoffer Borgli. Project details are still being kept under wraps, but rumours suggest it’s a romance that takes an unexpected turn before the couple’s big day, Variety had reported in August.
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The news of Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s potential negotiations was first reported by Deadline.

Pattinson was most recently seen on the big screen as Bruce Wayne in 2022’s The Batman and voiced the Grey Heron in the English-language dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron.