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.