Bay and Spielberg to team up again

Posted on June 30, 2009
Filed Under Adaptation, Directors, News

Variety reports that DreamWorks is working on a deal to preemptively acquire screen rights to “I Am Number Four,” the first of a six-book science fiction deal that has “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” director Michael Bay aboard to produce and possibly direct. DreamWorks is working on a high six-figure deal, sources said.

The deal puts Bay right back in business with Steven Spielberg again. It is expected that Spielberg will be active in a behind-the-scenes capacity, similar to the godfather role he has played in the “Transformers” franchise. The sale comes as “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” takes a run at the record books this weekend, after setting records on its first two days in theaters.

The franchise is about a group of nine earthbound alien teens who escaped their planet just before it was destroyed by a hostile species. While the high school-aged kids assimilate, the title character discovers that he is being hunted by the enemy that blew up his planet.

You just know this is going to be great! Spielberg and aliens… Throw in some action moves from Michael Bay and voilá – you’ve got a success!

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