Grammy-award winning artist Rihanna is set to make her acting debut in the upcoming movie Battleship.

The movie, which is set to be released on May 18th, 2012, has been adapted from the board game and follows a fleet of ships that are “forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.”

Rihanna will play Raikes, a FBI espionage agent who goes along with the navy to defeat the aliens.

In addition to Rihanna, the film will also star Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker and Josh Pence, as well as being directed by Peter Berg.

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