The previously announced The House That Jack Built stars Matt Dillon in the title role as a “highly intelligent” man we follow over 12 years. The film “introduces the murders that define [his] development as a serial killer”.
LaBeouf’s co-star in American Honey, Riley Keough, will also feature in The House That Jack Built, alongside The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl.
The House That Jack Built begins shooting in Sweden in March, before moving to Copenhagen in May.
Lars von Trier, the Danish auteur whose films have rarely shied from controversy, is to make a film inspired in part by new US president Donald Trump.