Gough, Millar Adapt SciFi for Bay

DreamWorks has set Al Gough and Miles Millar to adapt “I Am Number 4,” the novel co-written by “A Million Little Pieces” author James Frey and Jobie Hughes.

DreamWorks bought the title, the first in a six-book series, as a producing vehicle for “Transformers” director Michael Bay. Bay might also direct the picture.

Chris Bender and JC Spink of BenderSpink will be executive producers.

HarperCollins Children’s Books is publishing the book, about a group of nine aliens whose home planet is destroyed. They escape to Earth disguised as teenagers, and the title character discovers he and the others are still being hunted by the enemy that destroyed their planet.

Gough and Millar created “Smallville” and their scripting credits include “Spider-Man 2” and “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.” They most recently produced “Hanna Montana: The Movie” and are producing “Quatermain” for DreamWorks.

CAA reps the scribes.