Lars von Trier will dive back into the horror genre for a film titled Detroit.

The Nymphomaniac director has written a script for the project, which is set in the Michigan state's city and will be directed by fellow Dane Kristian Levring.

Von Trier, who has never set foot in America due to his phobia of travel, previously directed psychological horror Antichrist and supernatural TV series The Kingdom.

Detroit was announced at the Cannes Film Festival, where Levring's Eva Green and Mads Mikkelsen film The Salvation is screening as part of the Midnight programme.

Von Trier won the festival's Palme d'Or award in 2000 for Dancer in the Dark, and was nominated for subsequent films Dogville, Manderlay, Antichrist and Melancholia.

He was thrown out of the festival and made "persona non grata" in 2011 after making a misjudged Nazi joke during the press conference for Melancholia.