The movie isn’t out until February 2011, but “I Am Number Four” the book hits stores next week on August 3. I read it several weeks ago and can’t recommend it highly enough; it’s an easy, fun sci-fi read, one that can be enjoyed equally by teens and adults.

The story follows a young human-like alien from the planet Lorien, which was destroyed some years ago the Mogadorians, by a marauding race of invaders. Lorien’s last hope lies with nine babies who are sent to go into hiding on the planet Earth. Each one is assigned a guardian/teacher and each will develop a range of superhuman powers as they advance into their adult years. As an added twist, each of the nine is assigned a number; the Mogadorians can hunt them all down, but the surviving Lorien children can only be killed in the order of their numbers.

That’s the basic setup. “Disturbia” director D.J. Caruso is busy shooting the adaptation right now in Pittsburgh, along with stars Alex Pettyfer as the titular Number Four, Timothy Olyphant as the boy’s guardian, Teresa Palmer as fellow alien refugee Number Six and “Glee” star Dianna Agron as high school sweetheart Sarah. Amidst a busy shooting schedule, Caruso took some time out to chat exclusively with MTV about how things are coming along.

“['I Am Number Four' has] this intergalactic romance, but it’s still a very universal love story,” Caruso said. “And at the same time when you see this fighting and these Mogadorian blasters and people on cables and people transporting … there are these bizarre and cool sci-fi elements that have a real sort of ‘Kick-Ass’ quality.”

The sci-fi stuff is plenty exciting, but it’s the characters that carry this story along. It all revolves around Pettyfer’s Number Four. The actor is a relative newcomer; his “Beastly” was supposed to arrive this summer, but it has since been pushed back to release a month after “I Am Number Four” does. Caruso is very clear on why he was the perfect guy for the lead role.

“The thing I like about Alex is that, first of all, he’s this really dynamic, interesting, good-looking kid. But the most important element for me is that there’s this real vulnerability. It’s rare; you can see that, though there’s a confidence there, there’s a little bit of a pain that we can [relate to].”

Caruso continued, making an unlikely comparison. “I think there’s a Steve McQueen quality to him,” he said. “There’s a real kind of hip coolness and at the same time… [he's got that] vulnerability.”

“I think that’s important in a hero,” Caruso added. “There’s a real sort of melancholy sad side to him and to the character; it really is someone who just wants to hunker down. I think Alex really portrayed that — he’s very, very compelling in the part.”

Equally important to the story are Number Four’s friends, particularly the film’s strongest pair of female roles. Teresa Palmer plays one of them, Number Six, a fellow survivor. “[She's] this hot, sexy chick on her Ducati [motorcycle] who can fight with swords and kill f—in’ aliens,” Caruso said.

Then there’s “Glee” star Dianna Agron, who plays Sarah, one of the first friendly faces Number Four encounters after he and his guardian move to Paradise, Ohio. “Dianna, who… totally against what she does on ‘Glee,’ is playing this sweet all-American girl who’s a photographer in a small Midwestern town.”

Agron’s Sarah is critical to the story, and to Number Four’s growth as a person. It goes back to that “universal love story” Caruso referred to. Number Four has been on the run for his entire life; meeting Sarah, he finally has something to stand up and fight for. Number Six pushes that growth even further… but that comes later in the story.

Caruso is attracted to the arc of Number Four’s growth, “the main idea of this sort of disenfranchised character who has to keep uprooting and traveling, never really able to set roots,” he said. “[He] basically falls in love for the first time and decides he wants to stay in this town, and he finally thinks he knows who he is and ultimately it’s not who he really is.”

Not who he really is? You’re probably wondering what Caruso means by that. And you’re going to have to wait for the book and the movie to get the answer. For now, you’ll have to be satisfied with the generous taste HarperCollins is offering in the form of a lengthy excerpt that we debuted earlier this week.

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I’ve added another shoot outtakes. Enjoy!

First off, I wanted to let everyone know, I made new catergories under Interviews & TV Appearances in order to make it more oraginzed. I’ve moved the albums around to fit the proper catergories and I’ve moved some albums to other areas of the gallery.

Gallery Links:
Interviews & TV Appearances > Award Shows > 2010 Golden Globe Awards – Press Room
Interviews & TV Appearances > Award Shows > 2010 Golden Globe Awards – Backstage #1
Interviews & TV Appearances > Award Shows > 2010 Golden Globe Awards – Backstage #2
Interviews & TV Appearances > Award Shows > 2010 Golden Globe Awards – After Party – E!Online

Interviews & TV Appearances > News Segments > Backstage Australian Idol

Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > Interview on the 7pm Project Australia
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > FOX Source – Dianna Agron
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > New York Post – Feel the Glee
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > C4TV Interview
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > AOL Television
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > SpinTV Interview
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > Meet GLEE’S Mark & Dianna
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > Zap2it Interview – Dianna Agron
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > Glee Down Under
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > TVGuide Behind the Scenes Interview
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > JSYK Interview With the Cast of ‘Glee’
Interviews & TV Appearances > Online Interviews > AccessHollywood: ‘Glee’ Is ‘Golden’ In Their Debut Year
Interviews & TV Appearances > Signings > Signing Copies Of “Glee: The Music Vol.1″ In New Jersey

Interviews & TV Appearances > Public Service Announcements > Celebrities Say Yes To TckTckTck
Interviews & TV Appearances > Public Service Announcements > TckTckTck at EMA Awards

Glee > Season 1 > Promos > Dianna Agron Promoting Orange
Glee > Season 1 > Promos > Glee on Ten

Interviews & TV Appearances > News Segments > National Anthem – World Series Game 3

Movie Productions > When A Stranger Calls (2006) > Screencaps

If you would like to know what’s to come from a recent spoiler tidbit TVguide released procced to click read more.
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I’ve added another picture to an old shoot. Hope you all enjoy.

A huge thank you to Flor for sending me these wonderful pictures of Dianna in Journey to Regionals Promo.

I’ve added another shoot outtake. Enjoy!

8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT Glee (Season Premiere)
FOX released their fall premiere dates and Glee will be premiering on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 8pm eastern. To check out the rest of FOX premiere schedule go to the source

I’ve done a small gallery update.
Thank you to Cam for the It’s a Mall World caps and promotional images.

Gallery Links:
Movie Productions > Skid Marks (2007) > Movie Posters
Movie Productions > Skid Marks (2007) > Production Stills

Movie Productions > The Hunters (2010) > Production Stills

Glee > Season 1 > On The Set > On Set – July 20, 2009

TV Projects > It’s a Mall World (2007) > Screencaps > Episode 1 – Dean The Ladies Man
TV Projects > It’s a Mall World (2007) > Screencaps > Episode 3 – Harper’s Myspace
TV Projects > It’s a Mall World (2007) > Promotional Images > Harper’s Myspace
TV Projects > It’s a Mall World (2007) > Promotional Images > Behind the Scenes