One of the many board game adaptations planned, 'Battleship' will be released in July 2011.

The live-action film based on Hasbro's naval combat board game will be directed by Peter Berg, who will also direct the Afghan war drama 'Lone Survivor'.

This isn't the only board game adaptation planned by Universal, as it's separately developing 'Clue' with Gore Verbinski, 'Monopoly' with Ridley Scott, 'Candyland' with director Kevin Lima, and 'Ouija' with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes. Sticking to Hasbro, the film version of the popular kids toy 'Stretch Armstrong' will release in April 2011.

"This is a powerful brand, and in an era where brands have become the new stars, 'Battleship' is a big opportunity," said Universal Pictures chairman Marc Shmuger.

Berg's father was a naval historian, so the film is somewhat natural for him. "I've been consumed with doing one of these since I tried to convince Tom Rothman at Fox to make a film about John Paul Jones, the founder of the American Navy," he told Variety.

"As a kid, I was dragged from Navy museum to museum, and spent so much time on ships, listening to my father talk about the great battles of WWII, I did my high school thesis on the Battle of Midway. When this came up, it didn't take me long to find a take for a film that is filled with raucous action-packed naval battles."