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Taylor Kitsch To Set Sail In A Battleship Taylor Kitsch, will play the lead in the upcoming adaptation of the Hasbro board game "Battleship."  Kitsch would be playing a Naval commander named Alex Hopper, described as "wildly spirited" and "a great seaman but a lousy politician." Pete Berg is directing the action adventure movie, whose story has drawn heat from some quarters for adding an "alien invasion" element to what has been traditionally seen as a grounded Naval game. A little about  Kitsch he was a key actor in TV's "Friday Night Lights" to playing superhero Gambit in "Wolverine." Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR

Hasbro's Sgt.Slaughter Comic-Con Exclusive Figure Revealed We get our first look at the upcoming Comic-Con Exclusive figure from Hasbro. GeekWeek got their hand on the first images of the upcoming figure, Sgt. Slaughter 3-3/4" figure, this is the vintage figure from the old G.I.Joe line with some updates to it. And it will be a Hasbro exclusive at Comic-Con. And if you have ever stood inline at Hasbro's booth you know you will need to get there early and grab your ticket or make a friend in line to get your hands on this figure. Announced at New York Toy Fair - Sgt. Slaughter will be appearing in the flesh at the Hasbro booth in San Diego to promote these new figures. They will be offering two styles of this figures one will be the basic figure and the other will be the variant. The variant will be the one most sought after figure at the booth.While the basic figure and the variant figure each come equipped with a whistle and non-removable hat, there are also special acce

Peter Berg Talks Battleship Movie Berg recently invited a group of movie bloggers to a Naval ship in San Diego, the U.S.S. Sterett to give them a tour and talk about what exactly he has planned for the film. If you have never been on one of these ships you should definitely go when you have the chance! You might as well hit one up in San Diego when you are there for Comic-Con if you haven’t already, these ships are freakin incredible! Peter talks a bit about using the bridge, and other parts of the ship, as sets for the movie. He also talked about what would happen if all of this technology suddenly became unavailable to the officers during battle with the aliens. Or with the Chinese. Whichever happens first. Berg: Most of the things we're going to show you today, are sets we're going to build, or in theory, work out with the Navy so we can use them and make them as realistic as possible. One of the things the film inspires is it takes us into this incredibly complicated world

BattleShip Movie Is Set For Sail in 2011 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. Deal is part of a two-picture pic pact Berg has made with U, where he'll follow "Battleship" with an Afghan war drama "Lone Survivor." Universal's date declaration positions " Battleship " to become the second film release from the studio's multiyear deal with Hasbro to turn its classic games into features. "Battleship" is the latest in Universal 's strong push toward branded entertainment films, and Hasbro has fast become an increasingly important cog in that campaign. Scott Stuber and his U-based Stuber Pictures will produce "Battleship" alongside Hasbro's Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir, Berg and his Film 44 partner Sarah Aubrey. Script was written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber ("Whiteout&quo