In Summer 2012, the battle for Earth begins at sea.

PETER BERG (Hancock, The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights) directs and produces Battleship, an epic-scale action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.

Battleship stars TAYLOR KITSCH (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, John Carter) as Lieutenant Alex Hopper, a naval weapons officer assigned to USS John Paul Jones; ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD (HBO’s True Blood, Melancholia) as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of USS Sampson; global music superstar RIHANNA, making her motion-picture debut as Petty Officer Second Class Cora Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on USS John Paul Jones; BROOKLYN DECKER (Just Go With It) as Sam Shane, Hopper’s fiancée and a physical therapist specializing in the rehabilitation of military combat veterans; TADANOBU ASANO (Thor, upcoming 47 Ronin), as Captain Yugi Nagata, Commanding Officer of the Japanese destroyer Myoko and Hopper’s archrival; and LIAM NEESON (The Grey, Taken) as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father), Admiral Shane, Commander of the Pacific Fleet.