Peter Berg’s big-budget “Battleship” (supposedly it’s heading out to sea with a $200 million budget or thereabouts) has added a fresh face to its cast: Sports Illustrated and Victoria’s Secret supermodel Brooklyn Decker.

For those who haven’t been keeping track of the life and times of Brooklyn Decker, the model was most recently a candidate to replace Megan Fox in “Transformers 3″, but lost out on the gig to fellow supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. I suppose getting a cushy gig as the love interest on another big-budget sci-fi movie ain’t too bad of a consolation prize.

“Battleship” will star Taylor Kitsch (Decker’s cinematic love interest) and Alexander Skarsgard as Naval brothers, along with R&B singler Rihanna, who was cast recently, as they battle alien invaders intent on doing some nefarious thing with the Earth’s oceans. Ain’t that always the case with alien invaders?

Look for “Battleship” on May 18, 2012.