Rap-Up.com || Rihanna Prepares for ‘Battle’ in Film Debut

Now that she’s topped the Billboard charts with seven No. 1 singles, Rihanna has set her eye on conquering the box office charts with her feature film debut.

The singer will star in Universal’s Battleship alongside Taylor Kitsch (“Friday Night Lights”) and Alexander Skarsgard (“True Blood”), reports Variety. The live-action movie, directed by Hancock‘s Peter Berg, is based on Hasbro’s naval combat board game.

Universal has set a May 25, 2012, release date for Battleship, which takes place in the sea, in the sky, and on land in a battle to save the planet against a superior force. Kitsch stars as a naval officer who leads the fight, while Skarsgard will play his brother. Shooting is set to begin soon in Hawaii.

Rihanna previously played herself in the 2006 teen flick Bring It On: All or Nothing. Her “SNL” skit with funnyman Andy Samberg is nominated for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics at the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards.

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30 Comments

infamous
July 27th, 2010 at 6:35 am
She will die because of overexposure. She is everywhere, I used to like her but she needs a break.

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harvey
July 27th, 2010 at 8:17 am
that true RiRi needa break .butt we cant get enough of the bajan princess.

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CiaraMedlies
July 27th, 2010 at 8:30 am
she will play the pop singer with no vocal nor dancing talent in the movie…

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Eric
July 27th, 2010 at 8:32 am
Rihanna in a movie with Eric Northman?? CAN’T WAIT

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Ash3s
July 27th, 2010 at 8:34 am
a break? he wz out for 8 months? what more do you want?

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rhea
July 27th, 2010 at 8:45 am
as much as i like riri….she cant act for BEANS im sorry…buh it’ll be good if she gets an acting couch first which i think she will

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jelisa
July 27th, 2010 at 8:48 am
i agree with infamous… like the spice girls said “too much of something is bad enough” she need to take like a 2 year break and then come back…but hey if she can act better that bey i dont mind checking the movie out =)

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u knoe
July 27th, 2010 at 8:53 am
lol @ Eric

Eric Northman is the character on True blood, dont start calling anna paquin sookie now

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joshua
July 27th, 2010 at 8:57 am
@rhea

WUT?!?!?! SHE ‘S NEVER EVEN ACTED BEFORE THAT’S WHY THE POST SAYS “DEBUT”…DONT COUNT HER OUT QUITE YET SHE MIGHT JUST SLAY

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July 27th, 2010 at 9:25 am
i understand why she’s doing it but i hate that everybody thinks they have to act, sing, have a perfume line, do a clothing line, write a book, open their own burger king, and all that nonsense just to remain popular. i miss the days when singers were singers and actors were actors.

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sexdrugsandrocknroll
July 27th, 2010 at 9:28 am
That rihanna reign is POURING!

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Dare
July 27th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Good for her the movie dont come out till 2012 so how is this overexposure…. Didnt they say the same about Beyonce but guess what she is still making money.. Anyways congrate rihanna just keep expanding your brand

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Giamma
July 27th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Riri is gonna slay on silver screen!

You mad?

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Rap*
July 27th, 2010 at 10:07 am
@CiaraMedlies

Please dont talk about vocal talent when u liek Ciara.

Good luck to Riri

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WOW
July 27th, 2010 at 10:27 am
How is she gonna slay when all she’s done is a TV movie when she played HERSELF????
@Rap*
You madd?

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LShea
July 27th, 2010 at 10:33 am
OMGee, she’s gonna be in a movie with Alexander?!!!!! I hope they’re a couple!

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LShea
July 27th, 2010 at 10:43 am
@ … They do it that way in other countries, especially in Japan. Singers don’t just sing; they model, act, design, etc. all at once (a lot of Amer. artists are doing all that now, anyway) and it’s just expected; and it often happens in the reverse, with actors putting out mainstream albums, etc. They’re very much maneuvered products. In that way, we don’t see brands stopping creating new things just because they need a break. These “artists” (using that term loosely in some cases) are brand names, basically.

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Terri
July 27th, 2010 at 11:10 am
“Battleship” is a board game and how will they make a movie out of that type of game.

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dd
July 27th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Alexander and Rihanna in a movie….Cant wait !!!!

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maxine
July 27th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
@CiaraMedlies

u should be the LAST PERSON to talk about no vocal talent…last time i check ur precious C-error was i back up dancer and hasnt had a number one since when??? hasnt reached riri’s level in the music industry??? has barely any awards???and oh yeah FANTASY FLOP DIDNT EVEN GO GOLD WORLDWIDE!!!!

when’s her movie comin out??? oh that’s right, she doesnt have any LMFAOOOOO SMH

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HHH7387
July 27th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
The real issue here is that Universal actually green-lighted a “Battleship” movie, which is further proof that Hollywood is running out of ideas. Like Homer Simpson once asked, “When’s the Cap’n Crunch movie coming out?”. This movie has massive train wreck written all over it.

And we all know that one character will say the famous line “You sunk my battleship!”.

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SOSICCWITSWAGGA
July 27th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
waiting to see rihanna acting skills… she looks good…

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rihannito
July 27th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Caaaant fucking waaaiiiittttt

im so happy seeing the hateerrs going maaad hahahaha

That Rihanna Reign just Wont let uppppp

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rihannito
July 27th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
yeahhh the haters rr maaadddddd

her reign is going bigger and bigggggerrrr!!!

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July 27th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
You sound very ignorant and dumb

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yourlove
July 27th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Word has it Rihanna is the new endorser for Doritos!

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Ri'tirehataz
July 29th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
good job girl! I wish she would star in a drama though. Drama’s are more prone to awards. :)

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nemo
July 29th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
@yourlove

DORITOS??? look im all for makin dat paper and endorsements but DORITOS, really???

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True Blue
July 29th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
^^ Like you would turn down an endorsement deal from Doritos.

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drtash
July 30th, 2010 at 5:58 am
LOL…well as long as she ain’t as bad as beyonce then she’ll do fine. (i love bee but I gotta keep it 100)

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