Childhood toys make somewhat good movies, so here's Battleship the movie

7:00 PM on 07.27.2011   |   Andres Cerrato

Yes, what you see above is real. A movie based on the classic boardgame Battleship is coming to theaters next summer in 2012. The movie does not involve the strategic guessing and placement of pegs on a board, but rather there's some unknown craft that meddles in some delightful war games.

Stuff is going to blow up, there's a tacked-on love story (is there any other type?), and some eye candy in the forms of Brooklyn Decker and Rihanna (because why the hell not?). There's no need to find any more sense in this, it's just going to be a movie featuring a group of Naval vessels fighting an alien multi-environment craft. There's no Michael Bay directing and it will probably be better than G.I. Joe.

I will also be making odds on how far into the movie someone says, "You sunk my battleship!" If you'd like to see the horror for yourself, check out the trailer and make your bets after the jump.