Victoria's Secret model boards 'Battleship'

LOS ANGELES  – Brooklyn Decker, the Victoria's Secret model who was also the 2010 Sports Illustrated cover girl, has joined the cast of "Battleship," a $200 million feature based on the Hasbro board game.

Peter Berg is directing the Universal project, which is going into production at the end of August in Hawaii.

Decker will play one of the female leads, a character named Sam who is described as being able to "surf, fight, dance and crush the NY Times crossword puzzle. (She) has driven a motorcycle around the world twice."

The character is the love interest to the naval commander played by Taylor Kitsch. Latino Review first reported the casting of Decker, the 23-year-old wife of tennis champ Andy Roddick. The film is due out in 2012.

The actress was on the short list to replace Megan Fox in "Transformers 3" (the role went to fellow model Rosie Huntington-Whitley), and just wrapped the comedy "Just Go With It," starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston.