When things with Penelope Cruz don’t work out, Kirsten Dunst seems like a rather odd second choice. Perhaps it’s just because the two have completely different looks and resumes, but Lars von Trier sees no problem jumping from one to the other. When Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides became top priority for Cruz, von Trier had no choice but to search for a new lead for Melancholia. Two months later, he decided on Dunst.

After the uncomfortable splash von Trier made in the fall with Antichrist, news of his next project, a psychological disaster film, was hot stuff. Not only has the public been keeping an eye on this one, but so have the stars. Deadline reports that on top of Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Skarsgaard, Stellan Skarsgaard and Udo Kier are all on board too. The gang is set to unite in July to shoot through September in Southern Sweden.

I’ve adamantly steered clear of Antichrist, but, as 2012 proved, it’s nearly impossible to avoid any movie in the disaster genre, so the same won’t be true for Melancholia. Of course this is a psychological disaster film and only has a $7.4 million budget, so, odds are, we won’t see cities crumbling. Even after months of speculation, this is still all we’ve got. The only hint von Trier offered back in October was, “No more happy endings!”

As for Dunst’s casting, I’m as unenthused as she looked in Spider-Man 3. Everyone’s allowed their misses, but post Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, all we got was Elizabethtown, Marie Antoinette, Spider-Man 3, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and a slew of tabloid reports claiming someone has a mean streak. Hopes are high for All Good Things and Upside Down, so could a Kirsten comeback be on the horizon?