Alex Pettyfer to play the lead in 'I Am Number 4'

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The British-born hottie Alex Pettyfer, who can next be seen in CBS Films’ Beastly, is negotiating to land a big role in I Am Number 4, the teen sci-fi project from producers Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg. Pettyfer will play the title character, an alien disguised as a human teenager in high school who discovers that he is being hunted by the enemy that destroyed his planet. D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye) will direct the film, which is expected to begin filming for Dreamworks Pictures in the next two months. The project comes from an upcoming novel by James Frey (A Million Little Pieces) and debut novelist Jobie Hughes. The first of four novels in the series is due out this August.

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tegan
Thu 04/01/10 5:49 AM

alex pettyfer is hot! but he needs a new last name.

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Brigitte
Thu 04/01/10 5:51 AM

He is hot, but i dunno about his acting.

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April C
Thu 04/01/10 8:09 AM

Does anyone else think this sounds exactly like Daniel X by James Patterson??

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- PB
  Fri 02/18/11 5:58 PM
  
  Just came from the theater. I logged on to see if “#4″ was based on J Patterson’s “Daniel X”. Not…but could have been.
  
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lucygoosy
Thu 04/01/10 8:48 AM

Hope it doesn’t turn into Smallville – part deux. One clueless, angsty, whiny teenaged alien was more than enough, thank you very much!

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