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   Box Office Report: 'Battleship' Torpedoed With $9.1 Million Friday

   8:46 am 5/19/2012

   • by Pamela McClintock

   The big-budget tentpole is headed for a dismal $25.1 million opening in North America, even lower than Disney's flop "John Carter"; Sacha Baron Cohen's "Dictator" easily pulls ahead of "What to Expect When You're Expecting."Read more

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   'Battleship': What the Critics Are Saying

   1:58 pm 5/18/2012

   • by THR Staff

   The reviews are in for Universal's sci-fi adaptation of the classic board game directed by Peter Berg. Read more

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3. Cannes 2012: THR's Video Diary

   11:24 AM PDT 5/18/2012

   A behind-the-scenes look at the Cannes Film Festival with Eva Longoria, Chris Pine, Jane Fonda, Sacha Baron Cohen and the rest of the world's biggest movie stars. Read More
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   'Battleship's' Jesse Plemons Talks Action Films and Board Games (Video)

   6:16 pm 5/17/2012

   • by Sophie Schillaci

   The “Friday Night Lights” alum spoke with THR at his film’s Los Angeles premiere.Read more

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   Will Smith Questions 75 Percent Tax Rate While Promoting 'Men in Black 3' in France (VIDEO)

   3:33 pm 5/17/2012

   • by Paul Bond

   A clip of the actor gasping when he learns what the new French president has proposed was circulating across the Internet on Thursday.Read more

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   'Battleship' Director Peter Berg Discusses Israel-Iran, Asks Israeli Interviewer if He's a Draft Dodger (Video)

   7:41 am 5/16/2012

   • by Jordan Zakarin

   In an interview ostensibly focused on his sci-fi board game mashup, the multi-hyphenate delved into the choppy seas of war and peace in the Middle East.Read more

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   Cannes 2012: Foresight to Shop Mark Wahlberg and Pete Berg's 'Lone Survivor' (Exclusive)

   4:23 pm 4/25/2012

   • by Pamela McClintock

   The U.S. Navy SEALs action pic, based on real-life events, also stars Taylor Kitsch and Ben Foster.Read more

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   Battleship: Film Review

   9:06 am 4/11/2012

   • by Megan Lehmann

   Universal's noisy alien-invasion tentpole plays like just-add-water "Transformers."Read more

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   WonderCon 2012: Peter Berg on 'Battleship' Board Game Comparisons: 'It Doesn’t Have Any Direct Correlation'

   5:51 pm 3/22/2012

   • by Todd Gilchrist

   Following a screening Saturday of footage from the film, Berg talked to THR about working with first-time actors, following up past successes, and setting himself up to make movies "that had a pretty big reach."Read more

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    'Battleship' Director Pete Berg on 'John Carter' Star Taylor Kitsch: 'He's Got the Right Stuff'

    4:03 pm 3/19/2012

    • by Todd Gilchrist

    Despite Disney's announcement that "John Carter" effectively bombed at the box office, Kitsch's director on his next blockbuster insists he's capable of commanding movies of any size.Read more

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