Peter Berg Readies Battleship for Summer 2011
Tue, September 15, 2009 
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows - Part II, Star Trek 2, Spider-Man 4, Green Lantern and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides are some of many tentpoles being lined up for Summer 2011. Between now and then, there will be plenty of others positioned in key weekends. In fact, it's looking increasingly like it could be a repeat of 2007 which was stuffed with mega releases left and right.
According to Variety, a less-than-likely film has been lined up for the 4th of July weekend in the form of Battleship. That's right, the one based on the Hasbro board-game. Universal has lined Peter Berg for directing duties with their sights set for a July 1st release.
In terms of just what the Hell a Battleship film would be about (besides the inevitable "You sunk my battleship!" jokes), Berg described it to the trades as "a contemporary story of an international five-ship fleet engaged in a very dynamic, violent and intense battle." Uh, OK.
What makes this all the more surprising is it follows mere weeks after the announcement of a Hancock sequel moving forward which Berg will also direct. We all just assumed it would be positioned for that summer instead.
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