--- description: The Danish director will be writing and directing a prestige drama series, due to begin filming in 2016 title: Lars von Trier Is Headed to Television image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lars von Trier Is Headed to Television by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2014 12:01 PM CUT by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2014 12:01 PM CUT Lars von Trier, the controversial director of _Nymphomaniac, Melancholia_ and _Dogville_, is heading to television. The Danish filmmaker is set to write and direct a prestige drama series called _The House That Jack Built,_ according to[ _The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lars-von-trier-take-tv-729374 "undefined")_._ Louise Vesth, a producer who has worked closely with von Trier for years, announced the series at the Venice Film Festival, where the director is showing his cut of _Nymphomaniac Vol. 2._ Scant details about the project were revealed, though Vesth did say that filming would likely begin in 2016\. The Danish broadcaster DR, which is behind many internationally renowned series such as [_Borgen_](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/18/the-danish-political-drama-borgen-is-the-hottest-show-in-europe-here-are-5-thing-to-know/ "undefined") and _The Killing_, also has a hand in the series. _The House That Jack Built_ will mark von Trier’s first foray into television in more than 20 years, as his last television project, _The Kingdom_, aired in 1994\. That series, which was also originally broadcast on DR, was a creepy, supernatural hospital drama that was eventually remade for the U.S. as the ABC series _Kingdom Hospital_. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lars-von-trier-take-tv-729374 "undefined")\] Lars Von Trier To Work On TV series Called The House That Jack Built ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3256006/lars-von-trier-the-house-that-jack-builty/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3256006/lars-von-trier-the-house-that-jack-builty/"},"headline":"Lars von Trier Is Headed to Television","datePublished":"2014-09-02T12:01:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:57:36.163Z","description":"The Danish director will be writing and directing a prestige drama series, due to begin filming in 2016","url":"https://time.com/3256006/lars-von-trier-the-house-that-jack-builty/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3256006/lars-von-trier-the-house-that-jack-builty/","name":"Lars von Trier Is Headed to Television"}}]}] ```