Alex Pettyfer, best known for his turn as the star of Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is set to return to the big screen with another hopeful attempt of a seen before franchise, negotiating to star in the DreamWorks driven ‘I am number four’
Based on the James Frey and Jobie Hughes young adult Sci-Fi book, Four revolves around nine aliens who have fled as the only survivors of their now destroyed planet. They must hide, disguised as humans, from the authorities and their enemies here on earth, with the title character taking the form of a high school student.
Even in our non cynical estimation is this not Superman plus 8? Minus maybe some super human powers, or perhaps not.
Just to help clear this matter, Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar have written the screenplay [Because that was a stretch] Which DreamWorks hope to create a franchise, with the novel being the first of a planned six book series. So take what you will from this story, but if these guys start getting confused with birds and planes, we’ll be leaving the theatre before the credits role.
MATT RICHARDSON
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