Battle: LA Moves West in Battleship Trailer

Posted by Vinnie Leduc on July 27, 2011

All right, so it officially has nothing to do with Battle: Los Angeles, and yes, it’s (seemingly very loosely) based on the guessing board game. But it’s got the following elements that are usually pluses: invading aliens, Liam Neeson, and director Peter Berg (The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights, The Rundown). With a staggering estimated budget of $200 million, Battleship may become one of the ten most expensive productions of all time and is sure to aim for a PG-13 rating for broader audiences. Set to release in 2012, Battleship is another headlining film for Taylor Kitsch (who?) next year, following Disney’s John Carter. Both films’ trailers are slightly too WTH for my taste, but as long as Berg’s new film is more Battle: Hawaii than Hancock, I guess I’m enticed. Also, Brooklyn Decker.

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http://MediaStinger.com Paul Curtin

That trailer took an unexpected turn, had no idea this film was going to be dealing with aliens. And Taylor Kitsch is Peter Berg’s boy, he was one of the stars on the Friday Night Lights TV show which Berg directed/produced, so no surprise he’s starring in this. Kitsch is a pretty good actor, he was Gambit in Wolverine and seems like he’s going to be getting a big Hollywood push over the next year.
http://redbandproject.com/ Yoda808

Heh, by default I have to whole heartedly support this movie as it was partially shot on location in my home state. What’s funny though is that this film was also partially shot in Louisiana just like Battle: Los Angles was.

Up until this week I totally thought this film fell off the map as I hadn’t heard anything about it since they shot here last year. Talk about post-production work.
http://mediastinger.com Vinnie Leduc

oh yeah…. Gambit. Forgot to mention that. I think ever since Katrina, a good number of films have been shot in Louisiana for tax-deductible purposes or something. I love how Battleship has just one publicity still right now… the one you saw above haha. And what are the chances Liam yells “YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!” I’d say about 20%.
- http://redbandproject.com/ Yoda808
  
  No way, I think the chances of Neeson saying that line are a bit higher than that. I mean, he might not say it exactly that way, but I’m sure after the aliens kick their ass after they first show up he could say something like, “They sunk my/our battleship” in a serious/casual tone.
  
  Then of course he would go on to say, “Now listen to me very carefully . . . I don’t know who you are, but I can tell you what I do have are a very particular set of skills. I will look for you, I will find, you, and I will kill you.”
gman

Battleship looks great. sci-fi action and eye candy to the max. and to the fucking idiots that are comparing this to tranformers you are so fucking dumb, this movie has organic aliens not cars that turn in to big ass transformers and just because they show a building falling how does that translate to transformers you retards? they even have a buliding crashing down in the movie Avengers ,now is that transformers too you dumb fucks ?.. as for Liam saying you sunk my battleship well we will not know untill the movie comes out. though it would be kinda cool to hear that at one point or another.
- http://MovieStinger.com Paul Curtin
  
  I think it’s pretty easy to compare this with Transformers. Both films are produced by Hasbro and based on their toys, both use highly over-saturated pretty colors with lots of lens flair from the sun, and both feature mechanical transforming alien vehicles that even use a similar movement sound. While the aliens are actually organic, you wouldn’t know it from this trailer because only their ship is shown. It could have just as easily been a trailer for a new Transformers had it not said Battleship at the end. That being said, I think this looks good too, but because it looks a lot like a Transformers movie.