Having grown up as a Hungry, Hungry Hippos kind of kid, I didn’t much care when Universal Pictures announced last summer that it was producing a $200 million big screen adaptation of the Hasbro game Battleship. My interest sank even further when thick-bottomed pop star Rhianna was cast as the flick’s eye-candy.

Well, imagine my surprise this morning when my search for Max Hardcore’s Anal Destroyer led me to discover that Battleship revolves around navy fleets fighting off an alien invasion. Not only that, but swimsuit-model-turned-actress Brooklyn Decker plays the film’s romantic lead.

Directed by Peter Berg, Battleship also stars Liam Neeson (After.Life), Alexander Skarsgard (“True Blood”), Taylor Kitsch (“Friday Night Lights”), and badass Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the Killer). The film won’t be sailing into theaters until May 18, 2012, but consider it now on Clatto’s radar.