An Australian film company has halted the preproduction of its upcoming film Deep Water because of eerie similarities the plot has to the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
MH370 disappeared from radar screens less than an hour after take­off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board on March 8.No confirmed sighting of the plane has been made since.
The action horror film, from Arclight Films, tells the story of a flight bound for China that mysteriously crashes in a remote stretch of ocean.The survivors then have to fight against hungry sharks as the plane is starting to sink.
“Out of sensitivity to the Malaysia flight situation，we’ve decided to put it on pause for now，”Arclight Films managing director Gary Hamilton told the Hollywood reporter Monday.
The news comes as Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stated at a press conference that new analysis suggested the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean，and that all those on board are now dead.
The eerily similar film plot had been promoted with the tagline (宣传词)：“Survivors of a plane crash face terror beyond imagination as the plane is starting to sink and soon discover they are surrounded by the deadliest natural born killers on earth.”
It’s not the first time Alister Grierson, the film’s director, has had a preference for film subjects of real­life disasters.Two weeks before the 2011 release of his best known film Sanctum, about an underwater cave diving expedition, Australia was hit by disastrous floods.
Grierson began preproduction on Deep Water at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland weeks before the real­life incident of MH370.
The Queensland­based filmmaker said he couldn’t deny the strange timing between his project and MH370.
Despite saying it was  “mysterious” , he insists that his film is vastly different.
“In simple terms, Deep Water is about an accident that happens on an airplane which goes down in the ocean, and the survivors trying to stay alive afterwards.”
“It’s more complicated as there are villains (反面角色) and sharks, but it’s a fun adventure with thrills and scares. ”
It is unclear when the preproduction will restart, but it will be at least two years before the film makes it to cinemas.
Why has the preproduction of Deep Water been stopped?

A．Because MH370 mysteriously disappeared after take­off on March 8.

B．Because the plot of the film is similar to the real­life incident of MH370.

C．Because Malaysian Prime Minister was very sensitive at a press conference.

D．Because the film won’t make it to cinemas until two years later.

【改编】Which of the following statements about Alister Grierson is not wrong?

A．He is a film director on the missing flight MH370.

B．He is keen on the film subjects of real­life disasters.

C．He is famous for his best film Deep Water.

D．He worked with Arclight Films to make Sanctum.

The underlined word “eerie” in the first paragraph means “________”．

A．strange	B．funny
C．deadly	D．sensitive

Where will you most probably read this article?

A．In a popular science magazine.

B．In Queensland Financial Daily.

C．In an entertainment special column.

D．In a disaster report of MH370.

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