Back in March, director Peter Berg (The Kingdom) previewed Battleship at WonderCon 2012 and the director had a lot to answer for as the film has been surrounded by criticism practically since it went into production. The new film is, of course, based on the popular Hasbro board game of the same name and opens in theaters everywhere on May 18th. In addition to the somewhat ridiculous idea of basing a movie on a board game, it has also received criticism for its cast, which includes non-actors Rihanna, and Brooklyn Decker, as well as the alien invasion aspect of the film that has nothing to do with the original source material it is based on.

After a successful WonderCon presentation and panel, which included co-stars Alexander Skarsgard (HBO’s True Blood), and Brooklyn Decker (Just Go with It), director Peter Berg took some time out of his busy schedule to speak with IAR and several other members of the press about the upcoming film, its controversial cast, the origins of the project, and of course … aliens.

Synopsis: Inspired by the Hasbro board game, this story follows a U.S. Naval Fleet on routine exercises in the Pacific Ocean.  When an extraterrestrial force arises from the seas to invade Earth, it's up to the military servicemen to fight off the technologically advanced alien villains.

Yesterday, we saw a clip from Battleship that featured no aliens whatsoever, but instead focused on three humans in a bar, far away from even the ocean.  Today, there's another new Battleship clip, and this one actually takes place on a battleship and also features an extraterrestrial.  In fact, the extraterrestrial is the focus of the thing, so even though there's 100% less Brooklyn Decker than yesterday's clip, this one does offer a first look at unmasked alien bad guy.

There's a brand-spanking new clip from Battleship online today, and unlike most of what we've seen from this Universal release, there is nary a battleship nor even a trace of an alien invasion force on the high seas.  Instead, this clip takes place on land and comes from early in the film before the misanthropic hero played by Taylor Kitsch joins the Navy.  It's Alex Hopper's birthday, and while he's being lectured by older brother Stone Hopper, played by Alexander Skarsgard, Hopper very much recalls Tim Riggins, Kitsch's ne'er do-well from Friday Night Lights.

Summer movie season gets closer every day, and the big May movies are all getting their promotional swagger going.  The first official clip from Universal and Hasbro's Battleship has debuted online in order to tickle your hype bone with the promise of properly huge summer movie action.

Someone in the marketing department at Universal Pictures has an obvious affinity for the featurette, at least when it comes to Battleship.  Today, the third slickly put-together little featurette promoting the event movie version of Hasbro's board game has debuted online for your viewing pleasure.

Peter Berg (The Kingdom) brought his upcoming summer blockbuster Battleship, based on the popular Hasbro board game to WonderCon 2012 on Saturday and the director had a lot to answer for as the film has been surrounded by criticism practically since it went into production. In addition to the somewhat ridiculous idea of basing a movie on a board game, it has also received criticism for its cast, which includes non-actors Rihanna, and Brooklyn Decker, as well as the alien invasion aspect of the film that has nothing to do with the original source material it is based on.

After a successful WonderCon presentation and panel, which included co-stars Alexander Skarsgard (HBO’s True Blood), and Brooklyn Decker (Just Go with It), director Peter Berg took some time out of his busy schedule to speak with IAR and several other members of the press about the upcoming film, its controversial cast, the origins of the project, and of course … aliens.

Universal Pictures held court for an hour at WonderCon to present footage and host a panel for the movies Snow White and the Huntsman and Battleship.

First on tap was Snow White and the Huntsman, starring Kristin Stewart (Twilight), Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Charlize Theron (Young Adult). A movie that comes out later this year, it was directed by Rupert Sanders (a relative directorial newcomer), who stepped on-stage to speak with the panel moderator about filming his own raw medieval take on a story that is traditionally known as a rosy-cheeked fairy tale.

Universal Pictures has unveiled a little behind the scenes video featurette from Battleship, its forthcoming action event movie kinda-sorta inspired by the Hasbro game in which colored pegs simulate naval combat.  In the video, Special Effects Supervisor Burt Dalton demonstrates the workings of the hydraulic gimbal that pitches the film's three bridge sets to and fro, simulating ocean rocking on-set.  The gimbal no doubt comes in handy simulating attacks from aquatic alien invaders.

Universal has issued a brand new trailer for Battleship, the third for anyone keeping count.  Like the last official trailer, this one includes the notice, "From Hasbro The Company That Brought You Transformers," and this time it's even less necessary than it was then.  After a few seconds of mystery-building with an incapacitated alien and Liam Neeson growling ominously, this thing makes its intentions absolutely clear.  Based on this two minutes of movie-sampling, director Peter Berg is determined to out-Bay Michael Bay, with seemingly endless explosions and intricately-detailed destruction on a simply massive scale.