Various bits and pieces of news on Lars Von Trier's Melancholia have been surfacing over the last few days, so here, just for you, is a handy one-stop round-up on the Danish end of the World.
First up, Allo Cine broke the news that Charlotte Gainsbourg will be starring (replacing Penelope Cruz, who opted out very early on). Clearly Gainsbourg's ordeal-by-Willem in Antichrist has not put her off working with Von Trier a second time. We think we're right in saying that she's his first ever returning leading lady. Has he found a muse?
There's some dry stuff over at Variety about Melancholia's multinational financing package that's just come together, courtesy of production companies Slot Machine (France), Zentropa International Koln (Germany), Zentropa Entertainment (Denmark: Von Trier's company), and Memfis Film International and Trolhattan Film (both Sweden). Basically, it's a very similar set-up to Antichrist.
And finally, Zentropa Ent. has (apparently) released what we suppose you'd call some "teaser art". It doesn't appear to be up on their actual website however, so have a look at it at Bloody Disgusting. Yup, it's Earth being dwarfed by a mysterious big, new planet. Which rather sums up all anyone knows of the plot so far.
Von Trier's "psychological disaster movie" will shoot for under $10m. This means Von Trier will be ending the world for $190m less than Roland Emmerich. Tell you what though, we bet Melancholia will be scarier than 2012.