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The filmmaker behind classics like ‘Predator’ and ‘The Hunt for Red October’ is working on his first film in more than 20 years, as well as a book about his experience in prison

In conversations about the golden age of Hollywood action films, references to one or more of the films of John McTiernan (Albany, New York, 74 years old) are inevitable. In the late glow of the 1980s alone, the director shot three back-to-back classics: Predator (1987), Die Hard(1988) and The Hunt for Red October(1990). After receiving a tribute in Paris from the French Cinemathèque, McTiernan visited Spain to collect the honorary award he received this year from the Sombra fantasy film festival. The veteran filmmaker is grateful for the successive career recognitions, but as he tells EL PAÍS, he’s far from calling it a day. As he revealed in talks organized by Sombra, more than 20 years after his last film, he is planning his return to the big screen, though he’s still reluctant to share many details. “I’m a little superstitious about talking about movies until we’re shooting them. I’ve had a couple of independently financed films that I was certain were going to happen and then didn’t. I’m just going to wait and see.”