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07Nov2009

Wait Till You See Who Sank Your 'Battleship'

DateSaturday, November 7, 2009 at 1:17PM
As it stands now, I may have to retract what I've been saying about Battleship. Peter Berg is attached to direct the board game movie and he said a couple months ago what a big Navy buff he is and how he has this vision of a great big non-historical WWII naval battle film, and that would be fantastic. Or could be; I should soften my certitude.

Anyway, Berg updated his stance since latching on to the project, saying it would be a contemporary action flick set at sea. That's OK, too, I guess. But now Latino Review says it looks like Battleship might involve...wait for it...aliens. That's not confirmed by Universal, but it's sufficiently daffy enough to be the kind of directive only a studio could come up with.

The logic, as far as Latino Review can see, is that the military has been so willing to work with Transformers in the past that it would probably open its treasure trove of sophisticated weaponry to fight marauders from another world. I get that part of it, but aliens? That's embarrassing.

There's not much time to change course on this to something like, say, Somali priates or the Chinese or something. Battleship is scheduled to go into production in about four to six months, with an August 5, 2011 opening date. So if you're keeping score on these board game movies, it looks like...um...maybe Ouija could be the best?

I'm hoping Will Smith and Sony don't eff up Risk the same way this appears to have been needlessly turned into a pile of garbage.

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