I am number four is an upcoming
2011 American teen science fiction film, directed by DJ
Caruso and starring
Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand and
Callan McAuliffe. The film is based on a novel I Am Number Four written by
Jobie Hughes and
James Frey, with an adapted screenplay by Al Gough,
Miles Millar and
Marti Noxon.
Film Producer and director Michael Bay brought the manuscript to teen book, I am number four, to Stacey Snider and Steven Spielberg at DreamWorks, which bought the film rights in June 2009 with the intent to Bay produce and possibly direct the project.
Film studio also had a positive experience to shoot She's out of my league in Pittsburgh in 2008. Production was planned to last 12 to 13 weeks.


