Ahoy, Rihanna! Pop star joins the ‘Battleship’ crew

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From Popwatch:

Hit! Or miss?

According to Variety, Rihanna will make her feature film acting debut in the live action adaptation of the popular Hasbro ‘80s game that I spent long summer afternoons playing at my neighbor Christina Lockwood’s house. (Quick question: If you were Rihanna’s manager, would you want her to start small, with a tiny but juicy role in a modest indie, or go straight for the shiny dollars of a Hasbro movie?)

On the surface, this whole project sounds rather silly.

The game was a great one to be sure, but the prospect of Rihanna’s rooster hair standing immobile in an ocean gale as alien forces bombard a destroyer is worrisome.

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