LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Battleship" steams into movie theaters overseas this week, giving international audiences the first chance to decide whether a board game-based movie is sea-worthy. The Hasbro Inc.

Launching a cinematic universe based around a toy franchise seems relatively normal in today's film industry. Mattel is starting a new universe based on the success of Barbie, and we've even seen ...

Maybe it’s too much to ask of the movie adaption of the peg-based guessing game to have a plot or make sense, after all, there wasn’t much to work with. Note to the people who make these decisions: ...