Taylor Kitsch topbills Battleship

MANILA, Philippines - From the producer of Hasbro the Transformers franchise. Summer 2012 begins with the biggest battle of all: Battleship with Taylor Kitsch (photo) as lead actor.

Peter Berg (Hancock, The Kingdom) produces and directs Battleship, an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. 

Based on Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Kitsch as Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam, a physical therapist and Hopper’s fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper’s older brother, Commanding Officer Stone of the USS Samson; Rihanna as Lt. Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones, and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father) Admiral Shane.