Locally filmed 'I Am Number Four' available on Netflix

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Locally filmed 'I Am Number Four' available on Netflix

Brian C. Rittmeyer | Friday, March 2, 2018 2:33 p.m.

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A movie filmed in the Alle-Kiski Valley has found its way to Netflix.

" I Am Number Four " has been added to the streaming service, Netflix announced in an email to subscribers.

The sci-fi adventure movie was released in theaters in February 2011 , after having been filmed in the Pittsburgh area and the Alle-Kiski Valley in 2010.

Vandergrift played the part of fictional Paradise, Ohio, where one of nine fleeing aliens seeks refuge from those hunting them. Other filming locations included Deer Lakes Park in West Deer and Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville.

Hundreds in the area sought roles as extras .

Based on a novel of the same name, the movie starred Alex Pettyfer , Timothy Olyphant , Teresa Palmer , Dianna Agron and Callan McAuliffe . It was produced by Michael Bay .

The movie suffered from negative reviews, and has a 33 percent "rotten" rating among critics at Rotten Tomatoes . Audiences liked it a bit more, with 57 percent giving it 3.5 stars or higher.

It had a production budget of about $60 million, but grossed only about $55 million in the U.S. It did better overseas, making about $95 million in foreign markets.

"I Am Number Four" is rated PG-13.

Brian C. Rittmeyer is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at 724-226-4701, brittmeyer@tribweb.com or on Twitter @BCRittmeyer.

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‘I Am Number Four'

Three are dead. He is Number Four. D.J. Caruso ("Eagle Eye," "Disturbia") helms an action-packed thriller about an extraordinary young man, John Smith (Alex Pettyfer), who is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events-his first love (Dianna Agron), powerful new abilities and a connection to the others who share his incredible destiny. John (Alex Pettyfer) is an extraordinary young man, masking his true identity and passing as a typical student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him. Three like him have already been killed...he is Number Four. Based on the book by Pittacus Lore.

Source: Dreamworks

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