We’ve got a couple of casting stories for you this morning.  First up, Willem Dafoe and Udo Kier are set to re-team with filmmaker Lars Von Trier for his upcoming erotic drama Nymphomaniac.  Charlotte Gainsbourg stars as Jo, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who recounts her life story to Seligman (Stellan Skarsgard), an old, charming bachelor who finds Jo beaten up in an alley.  THR has no details on Dafoe or Kier’s roles, but they’ll be joining an impressive cast that also features Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, and Connie Nielsen.  As we previously reported, Nymphomaniac will be a duology released in both hardcore and soft-core versions.

Hit the jump for casting news on the dramedy Posthumous.

For those of you who love Moon Nazis (and who doesn’t?), we have a special treat for you today: an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette on the creation of Iron Sky.  Director Timo Vuorensola, original idea man Jarmo Puskala and visual effects producer, Samuli Torssonen talk about the creation of the film which follows the return of the Fourth Reich, who have been hiding out since World War Two in a secret base on the dark side of the moon. The clip shows some footage from the film, which stars Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby and Udo Kier, but also highlights the guys’ first breakout hit, Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, Hit the jump to watch the making of featurette for Iron Sky.

We’re happy to share a clip with you from director Timo Vuorensola’s sci-fi comedy, Iron Sky.  Starring Udo Kier, Julia Dietze and Peta Sergeant, Iron Sky tells the story of a wing of the Nazi forces who hid out on a moon base after the fall of the Axis powers in 1945.  Bidding their time and building their army, the Moon Nazis plan to invade the Earth and establish the Fourth Reich as a new world order.  The following clip shows the awe-inspiring power of Moon Nazi technology via their devastating military strategy: the meteor blitzkrieg! Iron Sky opens stateside on July 27th. Hit the jump to check out the clip.

Just when you thought you were safe from Moon-dwelling space Nazis, Iron Sky goes and drops a new trailer on you.  The action/sci-fi/comedy film from director Timo Vuorensola centers on a group of Nazis who escaped Earth during World War II to hide out on the dark side of the moon.  After plotting their revenge and building an invasion force over the last 70 years, they’re finally ready to take back the world.  Starring Julia Dietze, Peta Sergeant, Udo Kier and Christopher Kirby, Iron Sky can invade your hometown courtesy of Tugg, the service that lets you vote for the movies you want to see.  Hit the jump to check out the new trailer.

Early last month, a peculiar little trailer popped up on the web for a movie called Iron Sky. I had never heard of the film, but I gave the trailer a go because I read something about moon Nazis and I thought to myself, “That can’t be right.” But no, a movie about moon Nazis does, in fact, exist and now the first four minutes of the film are online for your viewing pleasure. The premise rests on the fact that the Nazis landed on the moon 70 years ago and are now primed and ready for an all-out invasion of Earth. These first four minutes all take place on the moon and center on a couple of American astronauts who have just landed and decide to take a look around. Yes, the encounter moon Nazis.

Hit the jump to watch the clip. The film stars Udo Kier, Julia Dietze and Christopher Kirby. You can read Matt’s review right here. Iron Sky opens in the UK and Finland on April 4th, and hits theaters stateside sometime this year.

There are no half-measures when it comes to moon Nazis.  The very phrase “moon Nazi” invites laughter.  There’s no room for serious consideration, and even biting satire can be a stretch.  It’s a goofy premise ripe for B-movie fun, and Iron Sky has no problem playing the fool and being silly right up until it begins to believe that people came to a movie about moon Nazis for CGI space battles and anything resembling dramatic contemplation.  Director Timo Vuorensola forgets that when you make a movie involving moon Nazis, you must always stay true to the moon Nazis and the ridiculousness they embody.

The date is set for Iron Sky’s Moon Nazis to invade the UK and Finland on April 4^th, with Germany getting the film a day later. But those of us stateside aren’t sure when to expect our own invasion. Variety reports that Entertainment One is negotiating to acquire the North American rights. The film, by Finnish director Timo Vuorensola, is set in the year 2018 and features the Fourth Reich, a fleet of Nazi spaceships intent on invading the Earth. Starring Julia Dietze (Love in Thoughts), Christopher Kirby (The Matrix Reloaded) and Udo Kier (Blade), the film won audiences over at the Berlin Film Festival after having sold out tickets in an hour. To see what all the fuss was about, hit the jump to check out the trailer and some images from Iron Sky.

Iron Sky has one of those nutty premises I absolutely love.  The story is that Nazis landed on the moon 70 years ago and have been biding their time to launch an invasion.  They decide they’ve been waiting long enough, take to their fleet of flying saucers, and begin a full scale attack of Earth.  Not wacky enough? There’s also a Sarah Palin parody as the U.S. President, and the film takes place six years from now.  Also, the movie co-stars Udo Kier.  But in the end: moon Nazis.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer along with a press release about the film’s upcoming premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.  Iron Sky is set to hit theaters on April 4th.

What’s wonderful about director Lars von Trier’s films is that you never know what to expect.  Sometimes the outcome works and other times it doesn’t, but it will be a film-going experience unlike any other.  For example, his latest film Melancholia picks up from a normal, relatable setting—a wedding—and then goes totally batshit from there with a newly discovered planet that might collide with Earth.  Melancholia is billed as “a psychological disaster movie” and “a beautiful movie about the end of the world”. Also, going by the trailer, Kirsten Dunst might have super powers.  I have no idea what to make of Melancholia, and I can’t wait to see it.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.

The first images from Guy Maddin’s (The Saddest Music in the World) latest film Keyhole have hit the web. The film stars Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier (Blade) and Kevin McDonald (Kids in the Hall) and tells the vastly twisted tale of a deadbeat father/gangster on an odyssey to his bedroom. So, “vastly twisted” may have been a bit of a understatement. Hit the jump to check out some of the images as well as a synopsis for the flick.

Despite a reputation that director Lars Von Trier puts his leading ladies through hell during production (Björk reportedly swore off acting after Dancer in the Dark), he continues to work with some of cinema’s finest: Emily Watson, Nicole Kidman, Bryce Dallas Howard, and most recently, Charlotte Gainsbourg.   Von Trier was nearly able to cross Penélope Cruz off of his list for the upcoming sci-fi disaster flick Melancholia, but he ultimately lost out to Jack Sparrow when she signed on for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides instead.

Now Deadline reports that the Dane may have found a respectable replacement in Mary Jane Watson herself, Kirsten Dunst.  If the young actress signs on, she’ll join Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Skarsgaard, Stellan Skarsgaard and Udo Kier for a summer shoot in Sweden.  Dunst will soon be seen alongside Jim Sturges (Across the Universe) in Upside Down, a film whose plot synopsis I adore, so I’ll include it after the jump.

As a movie fan, there are times that I wish I could say “once more, with feeling,” and watch films with interesting premises and paths suddenly replay with the feeling and intrigue that they’re sorely lacking – the missing ingredient that could make them thrive. It’s easy to disregard a film with a faulty premise and delivery, but it’s not so easy to stomach the films with promise not met, like “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?,” “The Good Heart,” and “Harry Brown.”

Hit the jump for more on these three TIFF films.

The other day Steve posted the first images from “Werner Herzog’s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done”, which is set to premier at the Toronto Film Festival next month, and now a trailer for the film has gone online (link after the jump).  The film stars Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, and Michael Pena.

With the Toronto Film Festival taking place next month, I’ve landed a ton of new movie images from all the films that are premiering at the Festival. Since I have so much to post, I’m going to keep all the intros pretty brief. So if you’d like to see the first 5 images from Werner Herzog’s “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done”, take a look after the jump. The film stars Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, and Michael Pena: