Rihanna Joins Peter Berg’s Battleship
Varietyreports that pop/R&B recording artistRihannahas joined the castof Peter Berg’s water based epic action adaptation of the board gameBattleship.While Rihanna’s music has appeared in movies such asBring It On: All or Nothing, Are We There Yet?, Sydney White, 21, Wild Child, The House Bunny, Beethoven’s Big Break, I Love You Man, The HangoverandGrand Ma Takedown, this marks her feature film acting debut. There are no further details on what part she will have in the film.Previously:
Written by the brother writing teamJonandErich Hoeber(Whiteout), the story unfolds as “a massive Naval adventure across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.” The superior force are aliens from another planet known as The Regents. They come from a world similar to ours, and aren’t actually looking to take over humanity or the planet Earth. Instead, they’re on a mission to build a power source in the ocean, which is where they come in contact with a navy fleet. The film will also show us both sides of the story—from the aliens' perspective, as well as the humans. The alien ships do fly to Earth, as well as through the atmosphere, but they lose that capability once they land. They’re also not busting out any lasers or fantastical alien weaponry—their weapons will be ballistics-based just like ours.
Taylor Kitsch, who played Gambit inWolverineand Tim Riggins inFriday Night Lights, and is the star of Disney/Andrew Stanton’s live-action adaptation ofJohn Carter of Mars, will play the main character, Alex Hopper, the Commanding Officer of a destroyer who is in charge of a team of five trusted shipmates which include the XO, a female Japanese commander, and a Scotty-like chief engineer.Jeremy Renner(The Hurt Locker)was originally in talksfor the same part, but could not accept due to “schedule conflicts”. The character has been described as “wildly spirited” and “a great seaman but a lousy politician.“True BloodstarAlexander Skarsgardplays the brother of Alex Hopper, the Commanding Officer and lead in the film played by Kitsch. Skarsgard’s character will be “a straight and narrow naval officer whom Kitsch, a wildly spirited naval officer, idolizes.“Tom Arnoldhas also said he has a role in the movie.
Theydo not plan to shootthe movie in 3D. Universal Pictures will release the film on May 25th 2012.
