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Peter Berg Will Sink Your BATTLESHIP On July 1, 2011!!


Merrick here...


Looks like Peter Berg's adaptaton of the BATTLESHIP game is moving along full speed ahead.

Universal has set July 1, 2011, for the release of "Battleship," confirming Peter Berg as helmer of the live-action pic based on Hasbro's naval combat board game.

[EDIT]

Berg called the pic "a contemporary story of an international five-ship fleet engaged in a very dynamic, violent and intense battle" -- but he would not disclose any details about the enemy force.

The film will be the next directorial assignment for Berg, who last helmed "Hancock."

...says Variety HERE.

Sounds like he's making this before the HANCOCK sequel & his adaptation of DUNE. Peter Berg + big ocean battles? Sounds fine by me...






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AAAAAAAAAAAARrrrrrrrrrrrr
by jimmy rabbitte
Sep 15th, 2009
12:13:12 PM
I can't wait to see those red pegs in action
by just pillow talk
Sep 15th, 2009
12:14:10 PM
Actual Potential?
by dsback
Sep 15th, 2009
12:15:38 PM
And next we'll have a movie based on Risk
by cinematt
Sep 15th, 2009
12:15:42 PM
FIRST!!!!
by Fareal
Sep 15th, 2009
12:16:09 PM
Any board game movie?
by Manchinko
Sep 15th, 2009
12:17:02 PM
Not a completely terrible idea.
by Royston Lodge
Sep 15th, 2009
12:18:11 PM
Master & Commander
by just pillow talk
Sep 15th, 2009
12:19:15 PM
I'm still holding out for Star Wars Board Game: The Movie
by Royston Lodge
Sep 15th, 2009
12:19:30 PM
UNIVERSAL IS RUN BY CRAZY PEOPLE
by FLYNN_LIVES
Sep 15th, 2009
12:19:50 PM
a hardcore Chutes & Ladders: the movie
by just pillow talk
Sep 15th, 2009
12:21:26 PM
HIT THA BRAKES ON THA CRAZY TRAIN
by FLYNN_LIVES
Sep 15th, 2009
12:22:31 PM
Chutes and Ladders by the makers of Cube...
by Royston Lodge
Sep 15th, 2009
12:22:57 PM
Peter Berg = a Fisher Price version of a filmmaker
by YackBacker
Sep 15th, 2009
12:26:00 PM
No, FlynnLives, Universal Is Run...
by KosherWookie
Sep 15th, 2009
12:27:26 PM
Fuck this (battle)ship
by TomHooligan
Sep 15th, 2009
12:27:26 PM
What will be left of Universal when Shmuger/Linde are done?
by FLYNN_LIVES
Sep 15th, 2009
12:29:07 PM
Patience: The Story of Four Families
by Gods_Uncle_Bob
Sep 15th, 2009
12:29:08 PM
Popomatic Trouble - The Movie
by Royston Lodge
Sep 15th, 2009
12:33:03 PM
Seriously though: How about a remake of Breaking All The Rules?
by Royston Lodge
Sep 15th, 2009
12:35:46 PM
Risk does not exist in this dojo
by Cobra--Kai
Sep 15th, 2009
12:36:41 PM
OPERATION to be directed by Neil Blompkamp!!!
by idrinkyourmilkshake
Sep 15th, 2009
12:37:31 PM
Seriously, WTF?!?!
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Sep 15th, 2009
12:41:15 PM
Might as well pull a
by ricarleite2
Sep 15th, 2009
12:41:51 PM
GOD DAMN THIS ENTER KEY
by ricarleite2
Sep 15th, 2009
12:42:10 PM
America has jumped the shark.
by V'Shael
Sep 15th, 2009
12:42:27 PM
Might as well pull a "dinner with andre" and film...
by ricarleite2
Sep 15th, 2009
12:42:40 PM
~facepalms~
by foxthebloodied
Sep 15th, 2009
12:44:29 PM
MNG
by just pillow talk
Sep 15th, 2009
12:46:53 PM
BOUAHAHAHAHAHA
by ominus
Sep 15th, 2009
12:50:41 PM
Of course we all know it will be aliens that are behind it
by Mysterious_Volvo
Sep 15th, 2009
12:56:34 PM
JPT
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Sep 15th, 2009
01:00:05 PM
Hollywood and Peter Berg KILL DREAMS
by American Mythos
Sep 15th, 2009
01:01:51 PM

by arby64
Sep 15th, 2009
01:06:39 PM
Can't wait!!!!
by philosopher
Sep 15th, 2009
01:09:47 PM
No navy in the world even USES battleships anymore.
by Raymar
Sep 15th, 2009
01:13:20 PM
Mousetrap the Movie?!
by thevision
Sep 15th, 2009
01:16:15 PM
No thanks--Waiting for Connect 4: The Movie
by Tell_Your_Mom_I_Said_Hi
Sep 15th, 2009
01:18:29 PM
And the inevitable--Connect 4 II: Vengance
by Tell_Your_Mom_I_Said_Hi
Sep 15th, 2009
01:21:53 PM
No WWII means present day, fictional countries?
by FLYNN_LIVES
Sep 15th, 2009
01:23:01 PM
I'll only see the movie if it features...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 15th, 2009
01:26:52 PM
hovering*
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 15th, 2009
01:27:22 PM
Raymar has a point
by thevision
Sep 15th, 2009
01:33:33 PM
I had this dream...
by SoylentGreenOnACracker
Sep 15th, 2009
01:34:49 PM
why can they just make a war film AND NOT call it battleship?
by Six Demon Bag
Sep 15th, 2009
01:35:14 PM
SINK THE BISMARK!!!
by closeencounter
Sep 15th, 2009
01:38:13 PM
Do a remake of that instead!
by closeencounter
Sep 15th, 2009
01:38:40 PM
WTF?!?!
by kobain
Sep 15th, 2009
01:39:38 PM
Brad Pitt.....
by closeencounter
Sep 15th, 2009
01:42:45 PM
"You sunk my battleship!!!"
by Chakraborty
Sep 15th, 2009
01:43:18 PM
Would any other actor....
by closeencounter
Sep 15th, 2009
01:44:17 PM
What this movie has to do with the board game:
by FLYNN_LIVES
Sep 15th, 2009
01:45:15 PM
Battleshit
by bueno_bob
Sep 15th, 2009
01:48:18 PM
American Mythos
by bueno_bob
Sep 15th, 2009
01:51:37 PM
Call it Naval Task Force
by Himbo
Sep 15th, 2009
01:51:55 PM
I really don't get this...
by charabicharabia
Sep 15th, 2009
01:54:13 PM
Didn't Michael Bay already make this?
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 15th, 2009
01:58:29 PM
Oh, for fuck's sake...
by Grandpa Bunche
Sep 15th, 2009
01:59:51 PM
Oh, for fuck's sake...
by Grandpa Bunche
Sep 15th, 2009
01:59:53 PM
Yeah, can't wait for...
by PessimusGrime
Sep 15th, 2009
02:00:25 PM
This just in...
by jimmy rabbitte
Sep 15th, 2009
02:02:18 PM
God is Peter Berg the new David Fincher or the New Brett Ratner
by Series7
Sep 15th, 2009
02:04:59 PM
EMERGENCY IN THE B-7 SECTOR!
by epitone
Sep 15th, 2009
02:07:25 PM
OH MY GOD THERE'S A GIANT RED PEG COMING
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 15th, 2009
02:08:14 PM
or they can go a different route...
by just pillow talk
Sep 15th, 2009
02:08:35 PM
or take it from a Battleship Earth perspective..
by just pillow talk
Sep 15th, 2009
02:10:49 PM
BINO!
by judge dredds fresh undies
Sep 15th, 2009
02:10:54 PM
Actually his is pretty smart.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 15th, 2009
02:14:41 PM
This (with a 'T'), not "his". Sorry, need edit features.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 15th, 2009
02:15:39 PM
Woohoo!
by kwisatzhaderach
Sep 15th, 2009
02:16:14 PM
New WW2 Movie = Axis & Allies
by dailysportspages
Sep 15th, 2009
02:20:15 PM
Genteel, they already made the Clue movie
by Chakraborty
Sep 15th, 2009
02:23:32 PM
Agreed, kwisatzhaderach
by HarryCalder
Sep 15th, 2009
02:39:56 PM
lockes - the the giant red peg is coming !!!
by charabicharabia
Sep 15th, 2009
02:47:56 PM
Who is Who coming to a theatre near you in 2015
by charabicharabia
Sep 15th, 2009
02:54:45 PM
Ah I meant Guess Who? - Translated from ESPANEESH
by charabicharabia
Sep 15th, 2009
02:56:07 PM
Operation: the movie, is next
by theycallmemrtibbs
Sep 15th, 2009
03:03:20 PM
Chakraborty - Yeah I've seen it a couple of times even.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 15th, 2009
03:03:34 PM
Connect Four: Curse of the Red Checker
by solanine
Sep 15th, 2009
03:08:48 PM
Instead of making a Clue movie....
by Chakraborty
Sep 15th, 2009
03:14:12 PM
Identity with John Cusack
by solanine
Sep 15th, 2009
03:17:22 PM
Yeah, solanine,...except for the ending
by Chakraborty
Sep 15th, 2009
03:19:57 PM
A Note About Peter Berg
by Aquatarkusman
Sep 15th, 2009
03:20:33 PM
You Sunk My...
by Norm Cascade
Sep 15th, 2009
03:41:47 PM
"You heff SAHNK MAH BATTLE-SHEEP!"
by Nasty In The Pasty
Sep 15th, 2009
04:10:44 PM
I'd pay to see a Green Ghost game movie.
by LastOfTheV8Interceptors
Sep 15th, 2009
04:45:43 PM
Pee Wee Herman in Chutes & Ladders!!!
by Annie The Pod Racer
Sep 15th, 2009
04:54:04 PM
Danny Devito IS Hunrgy Hungry Hipps
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 15th, 2009
05:03:19 PM
Is someone taking the fucking piss?!
by savagedave
Sep 15th, 2009
05:05:35 PM
That said, I genuinely like CLUE
by savagedave
Sep 15th, 2009
05:07:32 PM
It could be like ENDERS GAME
by DrMorbius
Sep 15th, 2009
05:38:34 PM
No Battleships in Battleship
by iluvsyfy
Sep 15th, 2009
05:46:56 PM
BACKGAMMON 2: THE RECKONING
by kevred
Sep 15th, 2009
05:55:00 PM
Wha'ts so board game about that?
by hallmitchell
Sep 15th, 2009
05:59:12 PM
Clue is fantastic
by Alfred_Packer
Sep 15th, 2009
06:03:08 PM
YAHTZEE: PIG IN THE CITY
by kevred
Sep 15th, 2009
06:03:58 PM
SORRY 2: LOST IN NEW YORK
by kevred
Sep 15th, 2009
06:04:40 PM
HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO III: THE EYE OF BRAXUS
by kevred
Sep 15th, 2009
06:05:44 PM
What does Berg have against humanity?
by Mr Willi
Sep 15th, 2009
06:06:12 PM
STAY ALIVE VS. GUIRON
by kevred
Sep 15th, 2009
06:07:03 PM
We like Clue.
by Turingtestee
Sep 15th, 2009
06:09:17 PM
CHECKERS WITH A VENGEANCE
by kevred
Sep 15th, 2009
06:12:15 PM
Alfred - totally agree. Clue is fantastic.
by Hint_of_Smegma
Sep 15th, 2009
06:12:20 PM
Life
by Turingtestee
Sep 15th, 2009
06:17:01 PM
Mr Willi - count me unexcited for Berg's Dune.
by Hint_of_Smegma
Sep 15th, 2009
06:17:05 PM
Someone make "Oh, What A Mountain!" Then, "Checkers"!
by MrMysteryGuest
Sep 15th, 2009
06:19:19 PM
"Monopoly" via Cannonball Run/Rat Race
by Alfred_Packer
Sep 15th, 2009
06:22:25 PM
@The_Genteel_Gentile - but there's a catch...
by kevred
Sep 15th, 2009
06:25:12 PM
Fireball Island is the only board game movie I want made...
by Mr Willi
Sep 15th, 2009
06:29:32 PM
Gnip Gnop - This Time its Personal
by Alfred_Packer
Sep 15th, 2009
06:29:51 PM
Divorce it from the cheesy game and go balls out WAR!
by Logan_1973
Sep 15th, 2009
06:32:30 PM
"What? No way!"
by Darkman
Sep 15th, 2009
06:39:52 PM
Searching for Bobby Fischer II: Connect Four
by Mr Willi
Sep 15th, 2009
06:40:52 PM
I think it could be cool
by CmdX
Sep 15th, 2009
06:40:55 PM
More on Monopoly: The Movie
by Alfred_Packer
Sep 15th, 2009
06:51:57 PM
In the Clue movie, if you notice the colors of the
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 15th, 2009
07:34:28 PM
kevred - You make a valid point.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 15th, 2009
07:47:57 PM
Will Capt Von Trapp be commanding?
by Fred
Sep 15th, 2009
07:55:06 PM
I can actually see this working...
by chronicallydepressedlemming
Sep 15th, 2009
08:05:12 PM
Not to be confused with '9'
by chronicallydepressedlemming
Sep 15th, 2009
08:07:23 PM
shit ignore last comment.
by chronicallydepressedlemming
Sep 15th, 2009
08:07:52 PM
If they can do pirates, they can do battleship
by kbarber29
Sep 15th, 2009
08:39:31 PM
Coming Soon...Stratego: The Reckoning
by jedimastermac
Sep 15th, 2009
09:10:45 PM
or, Operation by Eli Roth...
by jedimastermac
Sep 15th, 2009
09:12:42 PM
I thought they were just doing In Harm's Way with all 90° angles
by BrandLoyalist
Sep 15th, 2009
10:04:46 PM
W... T... F...
by 5 by 5
Sep 15th, 2009
10:33:24 PM
Where's the Jenga movie?...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 15th, 2009
11:12:29 PM
Needs more Micheal Bay....
by br1947
Sep 15th, 2009
11:44:22 PM
This is unbelievably stupid.
by Motoko Kusanagi
Sep 16th, 2009
12:21:33 AM
Every time Peter Berg
by Cujo_Fugate
Sep 16th, 2009
01:21:21 AM
Barrel Of Monkeys: The Movie
by Cujo_Fugate
Sep 16th, 2009
01:22:49 AM
In this wave of ye olde gameboard movies...
by tomimt
Sep 16th, 2009
01:42:51 AM
Risk the movie would be fuckling awesone
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 16th, 2009
02:05:19 AM
Peter Berg wants Michael Bay's job
by AsimovLives
Sep 16th, 2009
02:28:25 AM
Rock'em Sock'em Robots: Ultimate Soldier
by KelseysNuts
Sep 16th, 2009
04:06:28 AM
Maybe if they were fighting sea monsters
by Ecto-1
Sep 16th, 2009
04:10:47 AM
Modern naval flick?
by morGoth
Sep 16th, 2009
05:18:01 AM
The Modern Latverian Navy Salutes -- DOOM!
by V. von Doom
Sep 16th, 2009
05:41:19 AM
Burn Hollywood Burn
by GibberKing
Sep 16th, 2009
05:55:13 AM
Ecto-1
by AsimovLives
Sep 16th, 2009
06:03:20 AM
Something I learned from this talkback
by Pandas-R-Us
Sep 16th, 2009
06:26:43 AM
When I think of Berg
by The McPoyle Clan
Sep 16th, 2009
06:41:16 AM
Pandas R Us
by Chakraborty
Sep 16th, 2009
07:25:45 AM
Barrel of Monkeys: The Motion Picture
by PessimusGrime
Sep 16th, 2009
08:54:40 AM
Hungry Hippos has potential
by Tymanasaurus
Sep 16th, 2009
09:27:31 AM
PessimusGrime
by AsimovLives
Sep 16th, 2009
10:07:03 AM
Forget WWII. Set this puppy during World War One!
by Royston Lodge
Sep 16th, 2009
10:29:11 AM
He's scared to make Dune
by BIG_BAD_WOLF_IN_CAPS
Sep 16th, 2009
10:39:14 AM
Feels like a rainy day in Elementary school
by Tacom
Sep 16th, 2009
10:50:03 AM
I just think this is laziness on the part...
by Lobanhaki
Sep 16th, 2009
11:12:09 AM
Royston Lodge
by AsimovLives
Sep 16th, 2009
11:23:13 AM
AsimovLives
by V. von Doom
Sep 16th, 2009
12:17:14 PM
I'm trying really, really hard...
by BigTexas42
Sep 16th, 2009
12:47:59 PM
Scrabble: The Movie...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 16th, 2009
12:49:42 PM
V. von Doom
by AsimovLives
Sep 16th, 2009
01:43:58 PM
"International fleet" = New GI Joe movie on water?
by JT Kirk
Sep 16th, 2009
02:02:27 PM
Thank goodness!
by agarbatti
Sep 16th, 2009
02:41:58 PM
Hollywood is a $5 dollar an hour whore...
by Outburst
Sep 16th, 2009
02:59:15 PM
Don't Wake Daddy starring Christopher Walken
by TSTEWIE
Sep 16th, 2009
07:30:31 PM
If only Copland was real
by MacReady452
Sep 16th, 2009
09:31:39 PM
I want Clue 2: Same Character's different who did it
by kbarber29
Sep 16th, 2009
10:43:37 PM
what's next? a 13 Dead End Drive movie?
by The Amazing G
Sep 17th, 2009
06:52:39 AM
I actually they're actually filming a sequel to Clue...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 18th, 2009
01:20:19 AM
heard*
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 18th, 2009
01:20:40 AM

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