'Smallville' duo to write Bay's 'Number Four'

Al Gough and Miles Millar have been hired to write I Am Number Four for Michael Bay and DreamWorks, says Variety.

Transformers helmer Bay is attached to produce and will potentially direct the film, which centres on a group of aliens who land on Earth in the guise of teenagers after their home planet is destroyed.

Gough and Millar masterminded the CW's superhero series Smallville and worked on Spider-Man 2 and The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Empire.

I Am Number Four, by James Frey and Jobie Hughes, will be published through HarperCollins Children's Books. DreamWorks is hoping that the planned four-book series will result in a movie franchise.