By SiewaunReference: Variety
Singer-songwriter Rihanna is set to make her big screen debut starring in director Peter Berg's live-actioner "Battleship."
Universal announced yesterday that Rihanna will play the female lead, and starring alongside Alexander Skarsgard "True Blood" and Taylor Kitsch "Friday Night Lights". Kitsch will play a naval officer, and Skarsgard plays the brother of the naval officer. Rihanna's role in the movie is yet unknown.
Berg, who directed movie such as "Friday Night Lights", "The Kingdom", "Hancock", will direct from the script written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber, based on Hasbro's naval combat board game.
Berg will produce "Battleship" with his Film 44 partner Sarah Aubrey, and alongside Hasbro's Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir, Stuber Pictures' Scott Stuber.
Movie is set to be released by Universal on the 25th of May, 2012.