Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: With the war approaching Moscow , Eisenstein was one of many filmmakers evacuated to Alma-Ata , where he first considered the idea of making a film about Czar Ivan IV .
Simplified: With the war coming to Moscow , Eisenstein was one of many filmmakers evacuated to Alma-Ata . There is where he first considered the idea of making a film about Czar Ivan IV .