Lars Von Trier Goes From Gore To Sci-fi

By Scott Roxborough, Hollywood Reporter Film News
Fri, 10/09/2009 - 8:00am

After "Antichrist," his art house mash up of the slasher horror genre, Danish director Lars von Trier is moving into Roland Emmerich territory with his next project -- a psychological disaster film titled "Planet Melancholia."

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