January 10, 2012
Sneak Peek a new international poster
supporting the upcoming $250 million budgeted sci fi, naval war feature "Battleship".
The event motion picture is based on the Hasbro 'strategy' board game "Battleship".
"Battleship" is produced
and directed by Peter Berg, from a screenplay by Jon and
Erich Hoeber, starring Taylor Kitsch ("John Carter") as commander 'Alex Hopper' who leads a fleet of
naval ships against an 'alien' armada :
"...in the Hawaiian Islands, an international naval fleet at Pearl Harbor engage in an intense
battle against the alien race 'The Regents', on a mission to planet earth to build a power source in the ocean..."
Cast also includes Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn
Decker, Rihanna and Liam Neeson.
The original
"Battleship" game, created by Clifford Von Wickler in the early 1900's, was acquired by the Milton Bradley Company in 1943,
then released as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy".
"Battleship", manufactured by Hasbro, has been updated
for various platforms, including "Battleship" video games.
Battleship" will be released through Universal, May
18, 2012.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek
"Battleship"...
December 10, 2011
Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the upcoming
$250 million budgeted sci fi, naval war feature "Battleship", based on the Hasbro 'strategy' board game "Battleship".
The film is being produced and directed by Peter Berg, from a screenplay
by Jon and Erich Hoeber, starring Taylor Kitsch ("John Carter") as commander 'Alex Hopper' who leads a fleet of naval ships against an 'alien' armada
:
"...in
the Hawaiian Islands, an international naval fleet at Pearl Harbor engage in an intense battle against the alien race 'The
Regents", on a mission to planet earth to build a power source in the ocean..."
Cast
also includes Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna and Liam Neeson.
The original "Battleship", an unpatented game created
by Clifford Von Wickler in the early 1900's, was subsequently taken over by the Milton Bradley Company in 1943 and released
as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy".
The game has since been manufactured by Hasbro and updated for various platforms, including "Battleship" video games.
Battleship" will be released through Universal, May
18, 2012.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Battleship"...