Movie News Quick Hits: Bond, Hitchcock, Lucas & More!

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New set photos of Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried in Andrew Niccol’s ‘Now’ have emerged.

  • 	[According to The Sun](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/3361402/JAMES-Bond-film-chiefs-want-Rachel-Weisz-in-next-007-film.html) (a source that always requires a handful of salt), the new **James Bond** film will be called **'Red Sky At Night'** and that the film's producers want **Rachel Weisz** to play Bond's arch enemy. 
    
  • 	A book about the life of WikiLeaks founder **Julian Assange**, titled **'The Most Dangerous Man in the World,'** has [already been optioned](http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030590) for the big screen. 
    
  • 	'Easy A' director **Will Gluck** will produce (though likely not direct) a remake of the '80s comedy **'About Last Night...'**](http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030595) through his Olive Bridge Productions. 
    
  • 	**'The Iceman,'** based on the life of famed hitman **Richard Kuklinski** is [off to a great start](http://cms.aol.com/content/posts/create/378/) by casting **Michael Shannon** as the titular killer, **Benecio Del Toro** as his mobster boss and **James Franco** as the assassin who trains him. 
    
  • 	A Lucasfilm rep is insisting that **George Lucas** was only joking](http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/01/george-lucas-2012) when he told Seth Rogen that he genuinely thought the world would end in 2012. 
    
  • 	Speaking of Lucasfilm, Amazon [has now dated](http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/20/star-wars-blu-ray-discs-to-arrive-september-27th-according-to-am/) the **'Star Wars'** Blu-rays for September 27th. 
    
  • 	MTV has premiered the first trailer for the drama **'Son of No One,'** starring **Channing Tatum**, **Al Pacino**, **Katie Holmes**, **Ray Liotta** ... and (yes!) **Tracy Morgan**: 
    

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