October 19, 2004
Copenhagen - Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, who is currently filming the sequel to his 2003 movie Dogville starring Nicole Kidman, said the final instalment of his American trilogy was years away from hitting screens.
"I am in the process of editing Manderley at Zentropa studios, and all is going well. But it will be several years before we shoot the final part of the trilogy, because in the meantime I need to earn some money," Von Trier said.
With Manderley viewers can expect more cinematic innovation from Von Trier, who used an ultra-minimalist, theatrical set in Dogville, a gripping study of social morality and exploitation, with Kidman entrancing in the lead role.
Starring Bryce Howard Dallas, Manderley tells the story of a slave in the southern United States in the 1930s. It is expected to hit screens in 2005.
Zentropa's chief Peter Aalbaek Jensen said Von Trier is is "preparing a new film for a wider audience, a horror film not with vampires but more in the style of The Kingdom," the Danish filmmaker's 1994 film.
"I don't want to say any more. It is kind of an Antichrist with international distribution, based on the theory that it was not God but Satan who created the world," said the producer and long-time Von Trier collaborator. - Sapa-AFP
  
 
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