Simon Pegg cancels film screening event due to actors’ strike

Simon Pegg (Ian West/PA)

Simon Pegg has announced the cancellation of an event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his film The World’s End “out of respect” for the actors’ strike.

The final instalment in the Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy – which also includes Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, and was directed by Edgar Wright – was set to be screened next Thursday at the BFI in London.