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Taylor Kitsch: Battleship Birthday!

Taylor Kitsch: Battleship Birthday!

Taylor Kitsch has joined Battleship, Universal’s big screen adaptation of the Hasbro board game. (The flick reportedly has an “alien invasion” element added to it.)

THR reports the Friday Night Lights hunk will play “wildly spirited” Naval commander Alex Hopper, who is “a great seaman but a lousy politician.”

Helming the action adventure movie is Peter Berg, who has directed Hancock and one episode of Fright Night Lights.

Taylor is currently shooting and starring as the titular character in John Carter of Mars (based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series).

Mr. Kitsch turns 29 today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAYLOR!

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11 Comments

# 2

Peter Berg also directed the big-screen movie Friday Night Lights before there was a show based on it.

# 3

Fright Night Lights?

# 4

Love Taylor Kitsch!!So cute and talented!!!!

# 5

yayyyy i love that man

# 6
Just Joanie @ 04/08/2010 at 3:33 pm

Loved him as Gambit, in Wolverine. Now I need to start watching FNL.

# 7

he is so freaking awesome!! i lovvvvvvve him! happy birthday!!!

# 8

@r.:

Peter Berg has executive producer title and also made an appearance as an actor on the FNL tv series so he’s more than familiar with Taylor Kitsch.

# 9

WOO HOO!!! HE’S SO TALENTED AND HOT

LOVE TAYLOR KITSCH!!!!

HE IS AN EXTREMELY TALENTED ACTOR

Can’t wait to see him in The Bang Bang Club.

Peter Berg did more than direct just one episode of FNL.

Congrats to Taylor. What a nice birthday present.

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