Image Credit: Albert L. Ortega/PR Photos; Chris Hatcher/PR PhotosThis casting is a direct hit, Universal. True Blood‘s Alexander Skarsgard has been cast alongside Friday Night Lights‘ Taylor Kitsch in Peter Berg’s big-screen adaptation of the board game Battleship. According to The Hollywood Reporter‘s Heat Vision blog, “Skarsgard will play Kitsch’s brother, a straight and narrow naval officer whom Kitsch, a wildly spirited naval officer, idolizes.” UNIFORMS! Suddenly, I’m thinking this movie — which will shoot in Hawaii this fall and be in theaters in June 2012 — will be the best thing since Independence Day. I say that because Heat Vision also reports that the script involves “an international fleet coming together to battle a water-bound armada of otherworldly origin.”
Any predictions for how the alien invasion will play out? I can’t decide whether Skarsgard will die near the end, and that’s what finally gets Kitsch to step up, or if Kitsch will sacrifice himself at the very end because he knows it’s what his brother would do…
Okay, so I still think a Battleship film is ridiculous, but Alexander Skarsgard? I will watch him in anything.
He could just stand there and read the phonebook and I would be ok with that. lol
Hahahha. And, agreed.
UH OH! WATCH OUT GUYS! THIS LOOKS LIKE “TOP GUN” TERRITORY!!! (aka you think it’s an action flick but it will probably just be naked doods playing beach volleyball for half the movie)
Forget the storyline, who wants to guess what excuse they’ll use to get their shirts off?
Will they be naked in 95% of the movie?
I would go see a film version of “Money Can’t Buy You Class” if Alexander Skarsgard was naked in it.
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ditto- this just made my day.
Oooh. I like this game! I’d go see a remake of Battlefield Earth with Skarsgard. Anyone care to up the ante?
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He could star in a remake of Glitter and I would watch it.
He could star in a remake of The Room and I would watch it.
I love Taylor but this new casting news makes this movie perfect!
I had no intention of seeing this movie until hearing that these two are in it. I adore them both.
OMFG, I thought this was a joke. A movie adaptation of a board game…GEE I can hardly what for Chutes and Ladders in 3D to hit theaters….#EPICFAIL
You obviously haven’t seen the masterpiece that is “Clue”……#EPIC-ER-FAIL
I’ll allow that Clue is an awesome movie. But it’s based on a board game with an actual storyline – you’re all trying to solve a murder in a mansion, and there are characters with names and everything built into the game. I don’t remember there being any sort of storyline in Battleship, other than blindly blowing up different sections of a grid in order to find and destroy the other side’s ships. That’s not much story to work with, so I’m not sure how I feel about all this otherworldly armada business being added to it. But hey, I’ll reserve judgment until it comes out. I’m just saying…turning Battleship into a movie sounds pretty weird and kind of lame *on paper.*
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Come on! Pirates of the Caribbean was based on a theme-park ride, and it was pretty watchable (not talking no. 2 & 3). It’s doable, because basically they’re starting out with a pretty simple premise (sinking enemy ships) and they have two lovely leads to work with. Not a bad start.
To clarify, I meant Orlando Bloom is pretty and the movie was watchable.
Totally hot. But seriously, Battleship???
I have to admit, I mocked the idea of a Battleship movie when I first heard it was being made, but now I’ll be first in line. Big screen ASkars = WIN.
So instead of making a stupid concept interesting to men, they are making it basically a wet-panties flick.
Hey, us girls are OK with that
Yeah, but you aren’t when jerk-off movies with Megan Fox are made for guys.
I’m pretty sure their thinking is the guys go for the action, and the girls go for the MEGA HOT dudes on screen…that’s how it works in my household.
The only reason this doesn’t sound like a complete joke is that Peter Berg happens to be a quite talented director.
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peter berg is amazing, this cast is amazing. I am sure that none of the parties involved would take the job if the script was not amazing. So I will hold back judgment until I see a trailer.
So now instead of thinking oooh bite me Alexander, I’ll be thinking ooooh, C6!
Either that or, I’ll sink your battleship anytime you want.
Alex and Taylor in naval uniforms? I think I just died. *swoon*
Amen to that.
Ditto.
When I first heard about this movie, there was major eye roll. Now that Kitsch and Skarsgard are on board…total eye BOING!!! Yowza!
I had no interest in this move…UNTIL NOW!