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[gkfi]

Kirsten Dunst is the latest addition to what has to be Lars von Trier's most mainstream cast to date, for his upcoming film about an impending global apocalypse.

Dunst will be taking over the lead role that had been offered to Penelope Cruz earlier this year, reported Deadline Hollywood.

"Melancholia," about a giant planet whose steady approach is threatening Earth, will also star Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Skarsgård and Stellan Skarsgård.

The film will be “a mix of spectacular, cinematic imagery with Dogme-style hand-held camerawork,” according to producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen. And "romantic, in a Lord Byron sort of way.”

"No more happy endings!" was all that von Trier had to say about the film last year. Shooting on the $7 million film will run from July to September.

[John.]

Very interesting news if it is true (& I'm not suggesting it isn't). 4th film in a row that has "come out of the blue" too. I wonder if her recent choices of films/directors has been influenced by her growing interest in making (rather than just appearing in) films.   

[gkfi]

Zentropa Productions has just confirmed that Kirsten and Kiefer Sutherland will play leading characters in von Trier's Melancholia on their twitter.

[gkfi]

More news on this film:

John Hurt joins Lars von Trier's 'Melancholia'

Lars von Trier has completed casting on his new disaster movie "Melancholia," adding John Hurt to a cast that includes Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling and Charlotte Gainsbourg, who won the best actress prize in Cannes last year with von Trier's shocker "Antichrist."

Father and son Stellan and Alexander Skarsgard as well as von Trier regular Udo Kier complete the cast of the $7.5 million production, which starts shooting July 19 in Trollhattan, Sweden.

A 2011 Cannes Competition slot is all but guaranteed for "Melancholia," though von Trier will have a hard time topping the scandal he set off with "Antichrist" in 2009.

Peter A. Jensen, head of von Trier's production firm, Zentropa, and an executive producer on the project, described "Melancholia" as a "beautiful film about the end of the world," but was cagey about disclosing any plot points. He would only hint that the story hinged on a "large object from outer space approaching Earth" that affects the planet's inhabitants.

Zentropa Denmark is producing Melancholia together with Slot Machine in France, Zentropa International in Cologne, Sweden's Memfis Film and Trollhattan Film. Meta Louise Foldager, who produced "Antichrist," and Louise Vesth ("Zoomers") will produce. TrustNordisk is handling sales.

Also for once, Oscar-winning cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle is not associated with a von Trier film, but instead, Hoyte van Hoytema (Let the Right One In).

[gkfi]

Dunst 'not worried' about von Trier

Kirsten Dunst has admitted that she isn't worried about working with controversial filmmaker Lars von Trier on Melancholia.

The Danish helmer's last film Antichrist featured graphic scenes of genital mutilation. However, Dunst said that she appreciates directors who push actors to their limits, explaining that her Spider-Man 3 co-star Bryce Dallas Howard had positive things to say about von Trier after working with him on Manderlay.

"Everyone who's worked with Lars, that I know, has really liked the experience," Dunst said in a roundtable interview with Premiere. "I think it's good to push your actors, that's what you want out of a director."

The actress described von Trier as "one of the great auteurs of our time", adding: "For me it's an incredible honour. [I'm] not worried. The last movie I did a lot, it was pretty heavy duty."

The remiere's Cannes interview can be found below:
http://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/Dossiers-cinema/Le-festival-de-Cannes-2010/%28view%29/news/%28newsid%29/2326531

[mooniz]

oh my good!!!! 
what's wrong with kirsten? why is she speaking so unnatural?
i'm really confused... 

greets
ralf

[gkfi]

'Melancholia' sells to four distribs

TrustNordisk has closed several presale deals on Lars von Trier's sci-fi drama "Melancholia," starring Kirsten Dunst.
Pic has been bought for Switzerland by Frenetic, for Italy by BIM Distribuzione, Thailand by IPA, and Germany and Austria by Concorde.

Source: Variety

[kforab]

So its looking good that "Melancholia" will be played in a larger amount of cinemas then "How to loose friends".

Anyway: Good luck for you - Kirsten!

[gkfi]

Von Trier get Eurimages support

Europe's co-production fund Eurimages has doled out subsidies for upcoming projects from veteran directors including Emir Kusturica, Lars von Trier and the Dardenne brothers.

"Melancholia," Von Trier's take on the disaster movie starring Kirsten Dunst and Kiefer Sutherland, picked up €600,000 ($735,000) in Eurimages funding.

Source: hollywoodreporter

[gkfi]

Stagepool is looking for women who have access to a ball gown...
Extras ages 20-65 are needed for the movie Melancholia in Trollhättan, Sweden. Apply at the latest August 5, 2010.

http://www.careerbuilder.se/SE/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?ipath=EXIND&siteid=cbindeed&Job_DID=J3H8HG6T20HHD1R8CJL&cbRecursionCnt=3&cbsid=7e2447bbcb254a60a2f6d30ca1285664-332410992-RC-4

[Adriano]

Kirsten and Alexander Skarsgard on set photo



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[gkfi]

Thanks for the set photo, Adriano!

[gkfi]

Melancholia Press Conference in Trollhattan

http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Kultur/2010/07/26/193311.htm

http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/filmogtv/film/article1382157.ece

[gkfi]

Lars Von Trier Begins Shooting His Next "Melancholia"

To mark the beginning of production of his new film Melancholia, Danish director Lars von Trier met the press in Sweden earlier this week. Sitting in front of a packed gathering at Film i Väst’s Trollhättan studios in Western Sweden, where von Trier is shooting for the fourth time, the director and his stellar cast – father and son Alexander and Stellan Skarsgård, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg – remained very discreet about the film’s plot.

“There is a wedding and melancholia, but I don’t want to say any more than that,” offered von Trier in his usual monosyllabic and enigmatic way. Revealing little more than the fact that Alexander Skarsgård will marry Dunst and their union will end dramatically only a few days after the ceremony.

However, US actor Sutherland added that Melancholia will have a “brutal honesty”, which he particularly likes in the director’s films. He also said that he loved “filming ‘live’, without any rehearsals”, a first-time experience in his career. Dunst, who plays Gainsbourg’s sister, described Melancholia as a “poetic film”.

The psychological disaster movie started shooting on July 22 and filming will last until September 8. The film will be delivered for next year’s Cannes Film Festival, where the iconic Danish filmmaker’s work has won numerous awards in the past, including Best Actress for Gainsbourg in 2009’s controversial Antichrist.

Melancholia is produced by Denmark’s Zentropa in co-production with Sweden (Memfis Film), France (Slot Machine) and Germany (Zentropa International Köln).

TrustNordisk has already pre-sold the film to over 20 territories, including Italy (BIM), Germany and AustriaConcorde) and Switzerland (Frenetic).

http://dearcinema.com/news/lars-von-trier-begins-shooting-his-next-melancholia



Lars Von Trier Leaks Details About "Antichrist" Follow-Up

PARIS—Lars von Trier  offered a trademark few words to describe his new opus on Tuesday — but one of them stuck. Asked to describe the visual style of "Melancholia," which has begun shooting in the Swedish city of Trollhättan and is due for release next year, the Danish director said: "Shit." Von Trier quickly added, “No, I hope not. But a little shittier than the one I did before.”

Few will forget that last work, "Antichrist," which shocked Cannes before earning female lead Charlotte Gainsbourg the festival's best actress award last year. The story of a couple secluding themselves in a forest cabin named "Eden" to overcome the grief over the death of their son — only to cryptically be possessed by nature’s evil and descend into madness and harrowing genital mutilation — was born in part from the difficult depression from which von Trier was suffering at the time.

The notoriously capricious director was mum about the plot for his self-scripted "Melancholia," which production company Zentropa has described as a psychological disaster movie with an end-of-the-world scenario. Still, not too many people will die, at least not on screen, according to the producers.

“I have a plan and nobody will ever find out what the plan is,” a playful von Trier told the audience of 60 frustrated — though hardly surprised — journalists who had traveled from across Europe to query him and his cast. “It’s a story about two sisters and a planet,” von Trier revealed. “Kirsten [Dunst] is getting married, but only for a short while, of course.”

The lucky on-screen husband will be Alexander Skarsgaard (perhaps best known from the HBO series "True Blood" and "Generation Kill"), whose father Stellan Skarsgaard also appears in "Melancholia." Kiefer Sutherland will play the leading man, joined by an intriguing cast of thespian talents and cult favorites, among them John Hurt, a returning Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling and Udo Kier.

Dunst is the latest Hollywood star invited to descend into von Trier’s convoluted universe, following the paths of Nicole Kidman ("Dogville") and Willem Dafoe ("Antichrist"). Penelope Cruz was reportedly also in talks with von Trier for the role before deciding to favor the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie.

“I’m afraid of what I can say and can’t say,” noted a smiling Dunst. “You can say anything, come on,” replied von Trier. “We don’t rehearse," Dunst volunteered. "It keeps things really alive.”

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/35335/lars-von-trier-leaks-details-about-antichrist-follow-up/

[Adriano]

Kirsten at Superheroes Against Cancer in Sweden with Alexander Skarsgard



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