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The Newest Cast Member Of Peter Berg's BATTLESHIP Is...
Merrick here...
Rhiana (yeah, that Rhiana) will join the already-announced Alexander Skarsgard and Taylor Kitsch in Peter Berg's Navy -vs- aliens extravaganza BATTLESHIP. This will be her feature film debut.
So says THIS brief mention in Variety.
Really looking forward to seeing how this works out, and hope this role will further solidify Skarsgard in mainstream visibility. He's always good, and so much fun in TRUE BLOOD...
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I'm there.
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July 27, 2010, 10:36 a.m. CST
WHAT!!!??? THE BLACK EYED PEAS WEREn'T AVAILABLE???!!!
by gruemanlives
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I was cautiously optimistic about this movie.<p> I figured, you know, they COULD make a kick-ass movie about awesomely huge naval battles, and then simply use the Battleship name as a marketing gimmick.<p> Like, I figured, if someone had a great idea for a huge movie about naval battles, it would be pretty hard for them to convince a studio to take a chance on it. But if they pitched the idea by tacking it onto the brand recognition of Battleship, that would be a way of getting some idiot in a suit to pay attention to the pitch.<p> That's what I was hoping.<p> Sadly, now I learn that this movie is about fighting fuckin' ALIENS?!?!?!<p> Fuck ... that ... shit ...<p> I used to think it should have been Paul Gross' character to die in Aspen Extreme. Now I'm glad it was Peter Berg's character who fell down the crevasse.
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She's a sailor, ailor, ailor, eh eh eh...<p> This is Navy vs Aliens now?<p> It's the sequel to THE ABYSS that Cameron always feared might happen.
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Nothing. She already been told twice.
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...there are bombs. And this movie will surely be one big one.
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is gonna sink Rihanna's Battleship with a backhand.
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If no, I don't care
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Best of seven...?<BR><BR>DAMN RIGHT!
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Based on the battleship board game starring Rhianna FFS?? FUCK this movie!
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July 27, 2010, 10:52 a.m. CST
"THAT" Rhiana? i don't know any. How about Rihanna???
by ShiftyEyedDog2
For christ's sake, it's right there in the link you gave as your source for this story!!!! And you STILL can't spell it right!!!
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That was probably her best work ever- http://tinyurl.com/2673hbe
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"Lieutenant, I WANT WANT WANT you to fire the torpedoes!"
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What, are they super-huge giant aliens dropping gargantuan pegs into the Pacific from orbit?
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whether or not she can act is a question...but the stunt people will probably love her.
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Sometimes I don't understand the words you guys use regardin women... because is. If rihrih is buffed, what the hell is serena williams?
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...are there coming out over the next couple of years? I've lost count.
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Don't all black women have two black eyes? I never want to even see the name Ri-askingforagoodsmak again and I certainly don't want to see her in a movie. She is ghastly.
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why would anyone think she could act?
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Yo! Smack that bitch Chris!
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Will be the lead single from the soundtrack
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... between her legs located it is
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Will her shirt get ripped off? I hope so. She is very sexy.
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and Lady Gaga as the Death Star
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...Machine ads...I think he could really elevate this project.
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That's a good one! <P> Anyway, further to this idiocy, isn't there a Japanese movie about a battleship re-fitted for space? Or was it a comic book?
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...for a movie...quick cash grab like this, and then they fucking sign up Rhiana...<P>  ‍‍‍‍<br>Nightmare.
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I'd buy a new trenchcoat to see that one.
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But thor guy looks pretty convincin for a grizzly thor...not sure about golden locks and clean shave thor
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any story even remotely like this is accompanied by a photo (one or more) worth looking at.
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battle ship the movie sounds like a snoresfest. here is an idea for a film. the story behind tetris. that is crying out for a movie. the whole story behind tetris is extraordinary and was subject of an xecellent documentary some time ago. but back to battlehip the movie, whats next kerplunk, twister, buckaroo, scrabble, the movie?
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THEY BOTH SUCK!!! HEY-OH!!!!!
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Ran from this stupid movie!He know this was crap, In the same year in which Batman3 and the Avengers come out; Anyway she looks like a big Midget.
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The one with the midget blonde from Heroes. Or so I've heard. Ask Beaks, he'd know. <p> The important point is, you're wrong.
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But now this will be so horrible I have to see it. Battleships vs. Aliens. I hope Rihanna is the captain of the ship.
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But there was no way they were going to cast a non-American actor as that would have been a PR nightmare.
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The rule should be if your story is only a couple sentences, be sure the Actress' name is spelled correctly.
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I can't name you a single song by her, nor do I know much about her at all besides her getting beat up by her asshole ex-boyfriend, but even I can spell her name properly. it's 'Rihanna'.<p>I know she's a pop singer whose first acting gig is a movie about aliens that has a board game as its source material, but still...we can take 2 seconds to look up the correct spelling of her name, yeah?
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tom arnold is in it - IM OUT!
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A previous comment mentioned the "Bring It On" series, but -- and don't ask me how I know this -- I vaguely recall her being in one of the "Step Up" movies, though it's forgivable to confuse the two. It was back before she got super-famous and before she got that short haircut that made her quite possibly the sexiest woman on Earth.
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Hell if I know.
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they do know that we don't use battleships anymore, and haven't for a long time, right? right?
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Yes, aliens.
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She's such an inspiration.
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Rianna could easily compete in a natural fitness contest; she's got ten to fifteen more pounds of muscle on her than any Victoria's Secret model. Serena's massive physique is a tribute to her Ukrainian ancestry!
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Meh meh meh-meh.
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July 27, 2010, 3:08 p.m. CST
SERENA IS THE UGLIEST THING TO SPORT A PUSSY ON THIS PLANET
by BringingSexyBack
Next to Venus of course.
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Mooo.
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That's going to be the headline when this instant bomb tanks. Everyone knows this is going to suck. And that was before Rihanna was even cast.
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July 27, 2010, 3:37 p.m. CST
Aren't battleships actually obsolete in modern warfare?
by JayLenoTookMyJob
Wouldn't they therefore be entirely useless against aliens? You know, because they'd be sitting ducks out on the ocean just waiting to be fried from the saucers flying over in the ionosphere, targeting their death rays from beyond the range of the battleship's guns? Seriously, this idea is worse than something Michael Bay or Brett Ratturd would come up with during a month-long coke and hookers bender in Vegas.
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...their DNA's not there to make 'em pretty, it's there to turn them into tennis ball bashing, match-winning, money-making machines.
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i guess i was playing it wrong.
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Ultra-nausea.
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had to laugh at your ukranian jibe at serena williams. well it was either tennis or getting shot in south central la. the dad choose tennis. speaking of legends really sorry to hear about Alex Higgins, the greatest irish snooker player of the twentieth century. died of cancer, alone and broke aged 61. He died in his beloved belfast on Wed but his body was found on sat.
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there was an anime movie about retrofitting old battleships with spaceship parts to fight aliens in space after they blow up all our other stuff (i think thats how it went). if thats the case, then IM BACK IN!
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Serena Williams has great tits...<p> What were we talking about again?
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Oh yeah wouldn't the air force be better equipped to combat an alien invasion than the navy?
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July 27, 2010, 5:22 p.m. CST
Now Rhianna can finally wear her Mickey Mouse helmet on board...
by MrMysteryGuest
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July 27, 2010, 5:22 p.m. CST
...along with her thong, fishnets, and black boots...
by MrMysteryGuest
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July 27, 2010, 5:23 p.m. CST
...and a camo jacket over the whole thing in the movie!
by MrMysteryGuest
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July 27, 2010, 5:26 p.m. CST
We need a scene where she skinnydips or sunbathes nude!!!
by MrMysteryGuest
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July 27, 2010, 5:26 p.m. CST
I mean, sunbathes nude on the deck of the battleship!
by MrMysteryGuest
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9S5CzydDpY <p> This game makes no since!
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LOL, our weapons can't mess with alien technology/ weapons. It'll basically be "Resistance is futile,." type of thing. This will be a cheesy azz movie. Why Rihanna? LOL, how's she gonna get into character and portray a war ready trained sailor?
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You know if the writers involved in this took a few cues from some classic Sci-Fi stories, (Wyndhams "The Kraken Wakes" and Heinleins "Goldfish Bowl", are two that come to mind) and avoided lumbering the film with the standard Hollywood cliches this could end up being a good film. I'm not gonna hold my breath though.
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and the son of a better actor.<br><br>Brought to us by the director of HANCOCK and THE RUNDOWN.<br><br>Just great.
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July 27, 2010, 6:07 p.m. CST
RIHANA: "YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UM-BARELLA ELLA ELLA ELLA EHH EH
by BringingSexyBack
... ehh ehh eh under my um-barella ella ella ehh ehhh ehhh ehh eh" <P> Alien: "This human is malfunctioning."
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Well played Rhianna. Well played.
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Spoiler Warning: The last scene is a close-up of a young boy as he glumly utters the line, "Pretty sneaky, Sis."
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Maybe I'm naive, but the damn things just look nothing like umbrellas. Could you imagine if they did, though? If they could actually open up and fan out like a Predator's jowls? That would be some scary-ass shit, right there.
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He does try so hard. Can't fault him for that. I want him to succeed, he's the only famous graduate from my college other than Kofi Annan. But let's face it, this movie is made of bad ideas.
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love all the variant spelling.
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this movie makes no sense, tie-inwise, or otherwise
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....so as not to seem like someone who listens to or keeps up with popular music. <BR><BR> What a douche move. It's like Eminem in <i>Funny People</i>, where after being told Ray Romano is looking at him, he asks "Ray...Ray who? Who?"
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It was an 80s anime called Space Battleship Yamato (aka Star Blazers in the US). The Earth is rendered inhabitable by bombardment by the evil Gamelons. Earth defense forces found the sunken Japanese battleship Yamato after the oceans had dried up. they refitted it to travel in space, to go to the planet Iskandar, who had an ability to help us give life back to Earth. They only had one year to make the journey and get back, before the Earth couldn't be saved. Along the way they had to battle the Gamilons. They (Japanese)are currently making a live action movie version and it looks awesome! Yeah, I am a geek.
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Sigh.
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... One time he was on some MTV show with Mark Wahlberg and asked him where his funky bunch was. Wahlberg looked like he was gonna kill him. Also, if you remember the girl & boy band apocalypse of the late 90's early 2000's, it was nice to have ol' Slim Shady out there slinging shit at all the lamers.
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... (aka Star Blazers in the USA) and has the Navy raise an old WWII battleship and retrofit it for space service. Sad thing is, no one will even notice except us geeks.
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Making a cat-and-mouse navy movie like Red October could have been fun. This? Not so much.
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I can't stand these "Celebrities" who go by one name, if they do, change it to Douchebag1, etc.
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I'm just sayin!
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Or that was someone else?
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where i will rain in your mouth.
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as Will.I. am did to the wolverine movie. In other words, sweet fuck all!
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Starring the guy from Wolverine origins and the pop star, Rihanhaiananna. Directed by the director who directed Hancock. It's gonna be big.
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Fuck this project, do another Terry Conklin movie. Instead of commenting on corruption of boxing they can comment on music industry sucking. Rihanna can play herself. Goldblum is his manager. Sam L. is now promoting MMA. Terry wants an octagon rematch with Damon. Could be awesome.
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Now they only have to spend a few bucks a day on some green paint for her. No other SFX makeup is needed to make her look like an alien. Kudos to Berg for saving money. I'm sure the studios appreciate it.
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I really liked Berg's FNL, but this project seems like nonsense. Countries don't use actual battle ships in their naval fleets anymore. I suppose the aliens will devastate the world's navies and old battle ships will be taken out of mothballs in a last ditch effort to save humanity. <P> Battle: Los Angeles is the only alien invasion movie that strikes my interest in the near future.
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July 28, 2010, 4:11 p.m. CST
Rihanna will be surrounded by lots and lots of seamen!
by MrMysteryGuest
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