Battleship is a 2012 American military science fiction action film loosely based on the board game of the same name by Hasbro. The film was directed by Peter Berg from a script by Jon and Erich Hoeber and stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna in her feature film debut, Tadanobu Asano, Hamish Linklater and Liam Neeson.