Ridley Scott Plans Another Alien: Covenant Film
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Ridley Scott is a famous film director. He made the first Alien film. Now he is working on a new film. It will follow his 2017 film Alien: Covenant.
Many people did not like Alien: Covenant. It is a sequel in the Alien franchise. A franchise is a group of films with the same story world.
The Alien films began in 1979. In 1986, James Cameron made a very good film called Aliens. After that, other film-makers tried many times to make a good Alien film. Many people think they did not succeed.
One writer says the franchise needs a change. The writer thinks Scott should stop making slow films about big ideas. Instead, the writer wants a simple, scary monster movie again.
The writer calls this style 'stalk-and-slash.' This means the alien monster hunts people and kills them, like in the first films. The writer worries the franchise has no more new shocks left.
Vocabulary9 words
- director
- a person who controls how a film is made
- sequel
- a film that continues an earlier film's story
- franchise
- a group of related films or stories
- film-makers
- people who make films
- succeed
- to do something well
- slow
- not fast; taking a long time
- monster movie
- a film about a scary creature
- stalk-and-slash
- a story style where a monster hunts and kills people
- shocks
- sudden scary surprises
Quiz
Answer key
1. Making a follow-up to Alien: Covenant 2. James Cameron 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Ridley Scott is a famous film _____. He made the first Alien film. Now he is working on a new film. It will follow his 2017 film Alien: _____.
Many people did not like Alien: Covenant. It is a _____ in the Alien _____.
The Alien films began in 1979. In 1986, James Cameron made a very good film called _____. After that, other film-makers tried many times to make a good Alien film. Many people think they did not _____.
One writer says the franchise needs a _____. The writer thinks Scott should stop making slow films about big ideas. Instead, the writer wants a simple, scary _____ again.
The writer calls this style '_____.' This means the alien monster hunts people and kills them, like in the first films. The writer worries the franchise has no more new _____ left.
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