• If you’ve been wondering how on earth Lars von Trier would follow up Antichrist, it may not surprise you that for his next movie, he may be leaving Earth behind altogether. The Danish bad boy made an official announcement today that he would be turning to science fiction for Planet Melancholia, to be shot next summer in Germany and Sweden for von Trier’s production company, Zentropa (named, of course, after his 1991 World War II thriller). The only clue von Trier offered about the plot of the space movie, which according to the Hollywood Reporter is a “psychological disaster film,” is “No more happy endings!” This will come as a relief to everyone turned off by those giddy charmers Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, and Antichrist.

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  • By Stephen
    October 11, 2009
    08:40 PM

    Funny!
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  • By Andrew
    October 12, 2009
    12:00 AM

    Looking forward to this. Considering the premise, this has the potential to be Von Trier's best.
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  • By Arthur
    October 12, 2009
    12:15 AM

    Spooky! A typical Von Trier...
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  • By Dylan S.P.
    October 12, 2009
    06:07 PM

    Hopefully this genre-hopping means the Von Trier Western I've been dreaming of is right around the corner ...
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  • By CALEB
    October 25, 2009
    01:06 AM

    I anticipate something more or less like a snuff film by Tarkovsky.
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  • By onegadget
    December 25, 2009
    04:21 AM

    I want to quote your post in my blog. It can? And you et an account on Twitter?
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