{"id":18153,"date":"2022-07-07T19:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1677785"},"modified":"2022-07-07T20:02:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T18:02:19","slug":"con-air-screening-with-director-qa-added-to-first-london-action-festival","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/con-air-screening-with-director-qa-added-to-first-london-action-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Con Air screening with director Q&amp;A added to first London Action Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Jeffery\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 07 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A special 25th anniversary screening of 1997 action classic Con Air has been added to the line-up for the first ever London Action Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will run from 28th-31st July, with the Con Air screening \u2013 followed by a Q&amp;A with director Simon West \u2013 taking place at 6:45pm on the final night.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held at London\u2019s\u00a0Picturehouse Central, which will be home for the festival across the weekend \u2013 with additional events taking place at other major venues in Central London.<\/p>\n<p>It joins previously announced screenings of 1988\u2019s Die Hard at 7:30pm on 28th July (venue TBC) and a screening of 1987\u2019s Predator at 9:30am on the 31st July Picturehouse Central \u2013 both will be followed by a Q&amp;A with John McTiernan, who directed both iconic movies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source 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height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Bruce Willis in Die Hard<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>1988 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Additional events confirmed for the four-day festival include:<\/p>\n<ul><li>\u2018The Car Chasers\u2019 \u2013 a panel exploring key action moments in film and TV including input from stunt drivers and performers Steph Carey (No Time To Die, Morbius), Lloyd Bass (The King\u2019s Man, F9: The Fast Saga) and Rick English (The Batman, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation)<\/li>\n<li>\u2018The World in Action\u2019 \u2013 a panel exploring the impact of Asian Cinema on global action cinema, with speakers including Joey Ansah (actor, director and martial artist best known for his roles in The Old Guard and The Bourne Ultimatum), journalist and author Mike Fury, and 2nd unit director, and stunt coordinator Jude Poyer (<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/gangs-of-london-season-2\/&quot;\">Gangs of London<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>A screening of The Legend Of Drunken Master (aka Drunken Master II) \u2013 a rare outing for the original, uncut Hong Kong version in Cantonese with English subtitles in a new restoration from Warner Bros.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018What\u2019s The Score?\u2019 \u2013 a panel exploring the work of the composer in bringing action to life, featuring Oscar-winning composer Steven Price (Gravity, Attack The Block).<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Further details on special panels, screenings, guests, and surprise events will be announced in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>For ticket packages and to find out more about The London Action Festival, visit <a href=\"\/\/www.londonactionfestival.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">the event\u2019s official website<\/a>. Individual tickets for specific events will be on sale soon from <a href=\"\/\/www.picturehouses.com\/londonactionfestival&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Picturehouse Central<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch Con Air, Die Hard and Predator now on Disney Plus \u2013 sign up now for\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/c\/1236178\/564546\/9358?subId1=836687&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb%2F&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\">\u00a37.99 per month or \u00a379.90 for a full year<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Film<\/a> hub for more news, interviews and features or visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. 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