Controversial Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, known for his graphic and challenging films like “Antichrist” and “Breaking the Waves” has a new trick up his sleeve…Roland Emmerich style.

According to Variety, the auteur’s next feature will be a disaster movie with psychological and dramatic elements titled, “Melancholia.”

The title is shorthand for Planet Melancholia, a giant planet hovering ominously over the earth.  Zentropa Entertainment co-founder Peter Aalbaek Jensen was tight-lipped about the plot but did reveal that film will not be an alien invasion flick.

When asked about the film, which Trier will direct from his own script, he said, “No more happy endings!”  And coming from Trier, you better believe it.

And with a meager budget of only $7 million, it’s hard to imagine a large-scale disaster movie in the vein of “Independence Day” or “The Day After Tomorrow.”

“As a disaster movie, ‘Melancholia’ will use some special effects, but nothing compared to Hollywood,” Aalbaek said.

Casting is currently underway and the project is scheduled to begin production in Europe sometime in 2010.