Tue, 27 July 2010 at 1:15 am

Battleship: Rihanna's Acting Debut!

Rihanna has signed up to play the female lead in the upcoming action-adventure Battleship, in theaters May 2012.

The 22-year-old Barbadian singer will star alongside on-screen brothers Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) and Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood).

The flick, which will be helmed by actor/director Peter Berg, is based on the adaptation of Hasbro’s naval combat board game.

Alex will play a straight and narrow naval officer while Taylor will be the wildly spirited naval officer who idolizes his brother. Battleship is to begin shooting on Aug. 30 in Hawaii.

Soooooooooo exciting!!!

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# 1

jjj @ 07/27/2010 at 1:22 am

I can’t wait! All the best to Rihanna and crew. Hopefully the movie turns out well.

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difhj @ 07/27/2010 at 1:24 am

ahhhh! im sooo excited!!! i loove rihanna!

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P @ 07/27/2010 at 1:27 am

Are you kidding me??? really?? RIHANNA?? gosh, everyone is an actor now…

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Zey @ 07/27/2010 at 1:30 am

Man this is terrible news…

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Lala @ 07/27/2010 at 1:39 am

Cool! Good for Rihanna. She is doing exactly what she wants to do. She has been talking about getting into acting for a long time. She’ll be good.

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g-spot @ 07/27/2010 at 1:41 am

Tom Arnold and Rihanna?

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g-spot @ 07/27/2010 at 1:42 am

Poor Taylor and ASkars.
They deserve better.

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jives @ 07/27/2010 at 1:43 am

Is she playing one of the aliens?

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mickey @ 07/27/2010 at 1:44 am

ugly chick.

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H. @ 07/27/2010 at 1:48 am

Overexposed ho.

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Kaila @ 07/27/2010 at 1:50 am

NOOOOO!!

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Story @ 07/27/2010 at 1:52 am

She should play a Klingon in one of the Star Trek remakes.

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yes! @ 07/27/2010 at 1:56 am

Hope she gets a new before filming starts.

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Sam @ 07/27/2010 at 1:57 am

Damn. I was actually excited for this movie before.

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yes! @ 07/27/2010 at 1:59 am

^new wig

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truly @ 07/27/2010 at 2:12 am

they should have just hired someone who can act.

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baron @ 07/27/2010 at 2:16 am

The cast gets shittier and shittier.

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w11 @ 07/27/2010 at 2:18 am

I’m sorry, but what? I mean I was on board with Taylor and Alex, they actually seem to make sense. But Rihanna? Um, no thanks. It’s bad enough Tom Arnold is there and that this is based off of a board game, but Rihanna, who, I’m sorry, you can tell is not going to be some great actress, just makes this seem cheap and uninteresting.

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# 19

Kirk @ 07/27/2010 at 2:19 am

HAhahaaaa..really? you’ve got to be kidding, rihanna? fail.

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cute @ 07/27/2010 at 2:24 am

She’s cute but the casting is disappointing.
Lots of good actresses out there.

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# 21

uh oh @ 07/27/2010 at 2:27 am

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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GR..OSS @ 07/27/2010 at 2:31 am

GROSS….

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GR..OSS @ 07/27/2010 at 2:31 am

BATTLESHIP TRANNY

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jcp @ 07/27/2010 at 2:33 am

At least she’s not singing.