I played battleship many times as a child, there's no giant robots in the game ANYWHERE! simple name coincidence.
Its not a coincidence "Battleship is a 2012 American science fiction action naval war film based on the board game of the same name."
They are also making a Candyland movie.....with Adam Sandler
"On February 5, 2009, Universal Pictures announced plans to film a movie based on the Candy Land board game.[6] Etan Cohen, a writer for comedies Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Tropic Thunder, was hired to write the screenplay. Kevin Lima, who directed Enchanted, was set to direct.[7] However, in 2011, a new screenwriting team was designated, composed of Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. They said, "We don't see it as a movie based on a board game, although it has characters from that world and takes the idea of people finding themselves in a world that happens to be made entirely of candy where there are huge battles going on. We are going for real comedy, real action, and real emotions at stake."[8]
On January 31, 2012, it was announced that Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison, and Adam Sandler were in final negotiations to develop the film, with Sandler both starring and co-writing the screenplay with Robert Smigel.[9]"