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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5 Comments
Sun 11 Oct at 08:40 PM
Stephen
Funny!
Mon 12 Oct at 12:00 AM
Andrew
Looking forward to this. Considering the premise, this has the potential to be Von Trier’s best.
Mon 12 Oct at 12:15 AM
Arthur
Spooky! A typical Von Trier…
Mon 12 Oct at 06:07 PM
Dylan S.P.
Hopefully this genre-hopping means the Von Trier Western I’ve been dreaming of is right around the corner …
Sun 25 Oct at 01:06 AM
CALEB
I anticipate something more or less like a snuff film by Tarkovsky.
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