Lars von Trier to Direct Ratchet and Clank Movie

Lars von Trier, the controversial director of films such as "Dancer In The Dark" and "Antichrist", will be helming the big screen outing of Playstation 3's popular characters Ratchet and Clank.

The project, with the working title "Ratchet and Clank: The Bleakness of Space", offers a new perspective on the duo.

"After playing the games,"  Mr. von Trier explains, "I was taken by the complicated relationship of these characters, the homoerotic yet isolated nature of these beings desperately trying to manifest theirselves in a metaphysical world of uncompromising doom."

Set to star are Willem Dafoe as Ratchet, Bjork as Clank, and Stellan Skarsgard as Captain Quark.