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‘Battleship’ Super Bowl Trailer is All About The Alien Invasion

Rob Keyes — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:11:20 +0000

Last summer saw the first full trailer for Peter Berg’s unique take on Battleship, showcasing how the classic Hasbro board game would play out in live-action if one of two opposing naval fleets were replaced by alien invaders and all of the ships were loaded with good-looking people. The second Battleship trailer was more of the same and for those looking for eye candy and action, it mostly delivered.

Reaction was mixed to our early looks at Battleship with all footage demonstrating a clear case of style over substance with a heavy use of Transformers-esque visuals and sound effects, intertwined with laughable character moments. Can Universal Pictures swing some positive buzz with their most important marketing push yet, a TV spot during Super Bowl XLVI?

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Movie Image Roundup: ‘Spider-Man’ ‘Hunger Games’, ‘Battleship’, ‘Men in Black 3′ & More

Kofi Outlaw — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:13:23 +0000

A lot of websites are still in the midst of offering movie fans a preview glance at the upcoming films of 2012. While not quite as extensive (or informative) as our own Screen Rant 2012 movie preview, some of these other sites instead have the fringe benefit of debuting new images and photos from a variety of films, so today we’ve collected 17 new images we thought you SR readers would like to see.

If you have any interest in films like Peter Berg’s big screen adaptation of the Battleship board game, Lionsgate’s adaptation of The Hunger Games, Pixar’s first princess fairytale, Brave, Judd Apatow’s return to Knocked Up universe with the spin-off film This is 40, or Sony’s new look for The Amazing Spider-Man - then be sure to take a minute to browse through our gallery.

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‘Battleship’ Trailer 2 & Poster Tease Aliens & Large-Scale Destruction

Ben Kendrick — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:35:52 +0000

As promised in our recent interview with Battleship director, Peter Berg, the second trailer for the board game to film adaptation has arrived on schedule. Where as the original Battleship trailer teased the movie’s “twist” – that naval forces would be fighting an alien invasion instead of each other – the latest sneak peek at the film puts aside all pretense, offering a glimpse at the extra-terrestrials as well as an indication of the film’s large-scale scope.

In Berg’s Battleship, no one seems to be safe as the aliens appear to attack humanity by land, sea, and air.

There’s no doubt that many filmgoers are still especially skeptical of Berg’s Battleship adaptation – some out of loyalty to the “source material” (the board game) and others out of sheer revulsion at an obvious aim to bolster ...

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‘Battleship’ Edit Bay Visit; Trailer Preview & New Images!

Roth Cornet — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:55:21 +0000

Peter Berg thinks he may have gone crazy. Or at the very least, that’s what he laughingly said in reference to tackling a film of Battleship’s scale during our edit bay visit in late June. In truth, the Hancock/Friday Night Lights director was looking to get into the business of the “big special FX, five-quadrant films that go out all around the world at the same time and have a huge impact and a huge audience.”

After seeing (and loving) Transformers, he began to think of other properties that could serve that very function; as the son of a WWII historian (and a naval fanatic himself) he decided to pitch a film based on Battleship. He has since found it to be the most “creatively challenging” project of his career. The inherent challenges were finding the right ...

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‘Battleship’ Trailer Looks Like Transformers 4

Rob Keyes — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:49:37 +0000

In today’s day and age, a film about navy fleets duking it out on the high seas doesn’t cut it. Insert aliens, mystery and a large budget and we have Battleship, a film inspired by the Milton Bradley board game and one that James Cameron uses to exemplify the film industry’s lack of creativity.

Another one of the many films that didn’t make an appearance at Comic-Con International 2011, Peter Berg’s Battleship instead has its debut trailer release a few days after the big event. While it’s a shame we didn’t get to see it and its cast on stage in San Diego to talk about the film last week, the trailer was worth the wait… If you were looking forward to Transformers 4.

Featuring a cast of up-and-coming stars, the sci-fi actioner, Battleship, is set to debut next ...

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James Cameron Criticizes ‘Battleship’ Movie

Ben Moore — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:29:34 +0000

It’s not much of a secret that creativity has all but left the building known as Hollywood. Besides just terribly unoriginal movies, there are too many sequels, too many remakes, and too many movies about toys, roller coaster rides, and board games. Indeed, this has been the state of things for the majority of the past decade (2007 notwithstanding).

Leave it to James Cameron then — who, in addition to being a billionaire blockbuster filmmaker, has recently taken up film criticism — to state the obvious point.

In an interview with the German website Spiegel Online, Cameron was rather blunt about badmouthing the upcoming Battleship film, based on the Hasbro board game of the same name.

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“We ...

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Liam Neeson Will Sink Your Battleship

Rob Keyes — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:32:15 +0000

Yesterday I wrote about the first images hitting the net from the Universal Pictures production of Battleship which featured two of its main cast members, Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna, in Navy uniform on set in Hawaii. The main criticism coming from the film’s production thus far, aside from that fact that it’s based on the board game but with aliens, is that of some of its young and relatively inexperienced cast.

Today, Universal returns fire with the news that Liam Neeson has joined the cast of Battleship, bringing in some veteran leadership as both an actor and with his character in the film.

Neeson will play Admiral Shane of the USS John Paul Jones and if you’re wondering how all of the other characters fit together, they more than just serve together on the ...

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First Look at Taylor Kitsch & Rihanna in ‘Battleship’

Rob Keyes — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:05:35 +0000

Battleship Sunk!

In Peter Berg’s Battleship, alien spaceships land in our oceans and stay there because one of their vessels is damaged, setting the scene for some good ol’ naval warfare action. The film will show both our perspective and that of the aliens who are called The Regents and are described as black creatures whose legs spread out like water spiders.

Starring in Battleship are a bunch of young pretty people including Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Alexander Skarsgard and Brooklyn Dekker… and joining them is Tom Arnold. The first set photos of Rihanna and Kitsch in costume have hit the web and you can check out the gallery below.

Battleship is an expensive film with Universal budgeting $200 million towards its production – even though they’re shooting now in beautiful Hawaii, Battleship will not ...

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Brooklyn Decker Joins ‘Battleship’

Sandy Schaefer — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:03:30 +0000

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker has officially joined the cast of Battleship, a film adaptation of the popular naval battle board game.

This news might be more confounding had pop artist Rihanna not already signed on for the movie as well - or if the plot of Battleship did not involve a sea battle between a warship and extra-terrestrial invaders… Or if Tom Arnold’s name had never been connected with the project.

Director Peter Berg has assembled a collection of easy-on-the-eyes actors – including Alexander Skarsgård and Taylor Kitsch - to star in his Battleship movie. Well, maybe not Tom Arnold, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all…

Decker will serve as the love interest for the lead naval officer in the film, who will be played by ...

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‘Battleship’ Movie Is An Expensive Gamble

Ross Miller — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:20:11 +0000

The movie industry is an expensive and unpredictable business. A movie that cost a country’s wealth to make could completely bomb at the box office (Waterworld, anyone?) and on the flip-side, a movie that costs next-to-nothing (at least in movie money terms) could go on to make a fortune (Paranormal Activity, anyone?).

Even if a project has a pre-established brand name to build anticipation off of, it’s still not a sure bet that it will make its money back, never mind break any records.

Such is the case with Battleship, the upcoming big-budget adaptation of the classic board-game. The film has director Peter Berg at the helm and has such stars as Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Tom Arnold and even pop star Rihanna. It has invading aliens as the enemy (big trend in movies these ...

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Rihanna Onboard For ‘Battleship’

Sandy Schaefer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:11:35 +0000

Don’t stop the music now (sorry, couldn’t resist) but pop/R&B star recording artist Rihanna will attempt to make that ever-so-difficult jump into the world of film acting in Universal’s Battleship movie adaptation.

Hancock director Peter Berg will be at the helm of Battleship (eek, more bad puns), which will also star True Blood‘s Alexander Skarsgård, Taylor Kitsch (aka Gambit from Wolverine) and possibly comedian Tom Arnold.

Battleship is being scripted by Erich and Jon Hoeber (Red) and will be “a massive Naval adventure across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.” I personally would have expected the plot to bear a stronger resemblance to that of Crimson Tide rather than War of the Worlds – go figure, I suppose.

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‘Battleship’ Movie Snags True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård

Ross Miller — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:05:17 +0000

Even if you think a movie based on the board game Battleship is just one in a long line of stupid movie ideas, this is Hollywood and therefore anything that could potentially make money (no matter how “WTF” the idea may be) will get made at some point. Like it or not, a Battleship movie is fast on the way.

We already know that Peter Berg (Hancock, The Rundown) will direct Battleship from a script written by Jon and Erich Hoeber. The film already has a couple of its cast members, including Taylor Kitsch (Wolverine, John Carter of Mars), and Tom Arnold.

Today comes the news from Heat Vision Blog that Battleship has snagged itself another actor in Alexander Skarsgård, best known for playing Sheriff Eric Northman in HBO’s True ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: June 13, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:09:08 +0000

This week:

The A-Team is defeated by a 12 year old Karate Kid; Angelina Jolie has Cleopatra comin’ atcha; Cleveland gets renewed; there’s trouble on the high seas as Battleship makes way for Men In Black; Ian McKellen talks The Hobbit casting; DreamWorks makes an international heist; True Blood star Stephen Moyer sees Double and moves to The Big Valley, Garner and Nolte know Arthur and lots more.

Box Office

It was expected to be a close battle between The Karate Kid and The A-Team over the weekend. Both were modern interpretations of fondly remembered 80s pop culture, but it wasn’t a close call after all. The Karate Kid kicked The A-Team’s butt.

The Karate Kid, starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, bagged the top spot with a mighty $57 million debut. The Will Smith produced film (he’s Jaden’s dad) should prove to be very profitable – considering that ...

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Geek Movie Debate: Summer 2011 vs. Summer 2012

Mike Eisenberg — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:34:58 +0000

The Mayans may be prepping for the worst in 2012, but movie fans can expect one of the most exciting summers in history. After last week’s Warner Bros./IMAX announcement and the recent G.I. Joe 2 target release date news, the 2012 movie schedule now includes five films that give superhero and sci-fi fans reason to salivate. As news continues to roll in and release dates shuffle, the list could get even bigger.

Between The Avengers and Batman 3, there’s already enough on the summer 2012 movie slate to inspire geekgasms, but the addition of some highly-anticipated reboots and sequels set it up nicely against an already filled-out summer of 2011, which features a slew of big-time superhero movies geeks have ...

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Tom Arnold Joins Peter Berg’s ‘Battleship’

Mike Eisenberg — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:49:29 +0000

Tom Arnold is stepping back into the action genre with a role in Peter Berg’s board game adaptation Battleship. Only a few days after Taylor Kitsch was cast as the lead, Arnold revealed in an angry letter in Movieline’s comments section that he begins filming in August. Peter Berg will direct the film with the intention of pitting humans against aliens in a naval battle for Earth’s oceans.

While many are nostalgic about Arnold’s action days as a supporting character in True Lies, we shouldn’t forget he has extensive experience in naval war strategy. After all, he did play the captain in McHale’s Navy. It is possible this was all the prerequisite needed to land a role on Peter Berg’s ship.

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Taylor Kitsch Will Sink Your Battleship

Rob Keyes — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:41:02 +0000

It seems like Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch may become the next Sam Worthington. With moviegoers only really knowing him from his portrayal of the mishandled Gambit character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, he’s already lined up a leading role in Disney’s John Carter of Mars trilogy of big budget epics and now he’s set to star in Peter Berg’s Battleship.

According to THR’s Heat Vision blog, Taylor Kitsch is stepping into the lead role as a Naval commander in the why-even-call-it-Battleship adaptation of the famous board game, taking over for Jeremy Renner who was in talks for the role but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.

Kitsch’s character is described in the report as being “wildly spirited” and “a great seaman ...

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Jeremy Renner in Talks for ‘Battleship’, ‘Raven’ & Mystery Project

Paul Young — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:43:44 +0000

Jeremy Renner is quickly becoming the toast of the Hollywood scene thanks to his latest movie The Hurt Locker. Although he didn’t win the Best Actor Award at last night’s BAFTAs, The Hurt Locker did win quite a few awards, and Renner’s role as SSG William James, the adrenaline junkie that diffuses bombs in Iraq, has propelled him to the top of everyone’s short list.

Last December, Renner’s name was floating the movie news world as a possible candidate to play Hawkeye in the upcoming Avengers movie – a rumor that Renner was quick to shoot down. So while he may or may not be in a Marvel film of some sort, one thing is for sure – Renner has his pick of projects. According to a Reuters article over at the New York Times, Renner has ...

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7 Ridiculous Toy-Based Movies (That Will Probably Be Made)

Paul Young — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:13:10 +0000

Last summer I beat my body up mentally, physically and emotionally to look into the future and make some predictions of what would be Hollywood’s next latest and greatest movie idea fads. I touched on Clothing, Appliances, School Supplies and even Mundane Everyday Activities to compile a list. I guess I was painting with too broad a brush though, because I failed to see the onslaught of toys and board games that Hollywood was interested in making into a movie (read: messing up).

We’re entering a strange new world folks, one where a new set of Hollywood executives are in control, and much like me riding a mechanical bull with my shirt off, it ain’t pretty. Someone’s grandmother, mother or aunt was going through little Bobby Studio Exec’s old stuff up ...

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Lots of Details About Peter Berg’s ‘Battleship’

Ross Miller — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:38:09 +0000

As if the idea of a movie based on the board game Battleship wasn’t worrying enough, it was recently announced that the bad guys are going to be aliens. Although, FYI, take my opinion about the antagonists with a big grain of salt, as I don’t think a Battleship movie is a good idea to begin with.

It appears that studio Universal and director Peter Berg have been lending their ears to the negative reaction their Battleship movie has gotten – particularly about the aliens being the “villains,” and so the studio sent some journalists and bloggers to the U.S.S. Sterett, where they got a chance to ask questions to Berg about the project.

Thanks to reports from Latino Review and CHUD, we now have some insight into what shape Berg’s Battleship may take:

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Aliens To Sink Peter Berg’s Battleship?

Ross Miller — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:47:01 +0000

We learned early this summer that Universal is planning a Battleship board game movie, then a couple of months ago Peter Berg (Hancock) was tapped to direct, and a release date was set for July 1st, 2011 (apparently it’s been changed to August 5th, 2011). Berg has described the Battleship movie as, “an epic naval action adventure,” that is, “a contemporary story of an international five-ship fleet engaged in a very dynamic, violent and intense battle.”

That was enough to go on at the time, but what Berg DIDN’T mention was who the enemy was going to be…that is, until now. On Friday, Latino Review got a scoop that confirmed (their words, not ours) from a source that the foes the “hero” battleships were presumably going to be battling against are… wait for it… aliens! That’s right, extraterrestrials ...

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