Liam Neeson is awful busy lately. I just did a story a few days ago mentioning his A-Team director Joe Carnahan's latest flick, The Grey, in which he is set to star, and now he's joined action flick, Battleship.

According to Deadline.com, by way of Empire, Neeson will play an Admiral in the upper tier of the Navy, who must do battle with some Alien nasty bastards when they come to earth, looking to drain our oceans for their own dwindling resources. Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgaard and singer Rihanna have all also joined the cast.

Peter Berg, who has directed in my opinion the best sports movie of all time, Friday Night Lights, is calling the shots on the huge budgeted flick.