Variety reports that Peter Berg has inked a two-picture deal with Universal to direct an interpretation – is that the word? – of the Hasbro board game Battleship, clearly in exchange for directing duties on a moderately more respectable sounding Afghan war pic titled Lone Survivor. The studio expects Battleship to sink into theaters on July 1, 2011, a blatant grab for American patriotism. Unwholesome flag-waving and comparisons to Pearl Harbor will ensue.