Battleship Movie Trailer
The trailer for Peter Berg and Universal’s Battleship has just landed online brought to you by Yahoo movies. Based on the classic board game of the same name, the film mixes things up a bit by adding an alien invasion quotient to the naval adventure theme.
Director Peter Berg (“Hancock,” “The Kingdom”) told CHUD.com that like in the game each side of the conflict will have a small fleet of five ships. The aliens are part of a scouting party, not a full-fledged invading force, and the humans will be cut off from the rest of the world. And the Naval ships will have their radar disabled, so they will have to strategize to figure out where their enemies are lurking.
As for why the villains are extraterrestrials, rather than an earthbound adversary, Berg said, “I liked the idea of something bigger, larger than life and the challenge it presented.” Plus, with the global audience for Hollywood movies more important than ever, it makes sense to not alienate any particular country by making them the bad guys. The movie therefore presents an international force, with a Japanese warship joining the fight against the alien threat. Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna, Asano Tadanobu and Liam Neeson star. This is a big money teamup between Hasbro and Universal, set to hit theaters in summer 2012.