Some new pictures of facial hair twinsies Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth) from Wolverine have hit the web.  It’s a good thing Hugh Jackman is gritting his teeth and flexing so hard in this picture, otherwise that wifebeater might’ve looked gay.

After the jump, I’ve got the new trailer for Defiance.  It stars Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber as Jewish brothers who escape from Nazi-occupied Poland and build a village in a Belorussian forest.  It comes from Blood Diamond director Edward Zwick so it’s probably gonna be pretty “bling bang”.  If I could give the filmmakers one piece of advice: having Polish characters speak English properly isn’t any less historically accurate than making everyone talk like Borat the whole time.  Wowoweewa, I keel a Germ man?  High fiiive.

In related news, I think “Polish Village” would be a good euphemism for a circle jerk.
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I like war movies because hey, people shooting at each other and explosions and crap. Also, I’ll take Daniel Craig over Tom Cruise any day (unless we’re having a batshit crazy contest). 

Anyway, in Defiance, from Blood Diamond* director Edward Zwick, James Bond and his brothers Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell** escape from Nazi-occupied Poland, join the Russian resistance, and build a village in the forest from which they become like the Jewish Robin Hoods.  In fact, I think this may have actually been the story on which Robin Hood was based, but they futzed with the facts a little because “Steal from the rich and give to the Jews” didn’t sound as good.  Hehehehe, just kidding, please don’t shut down my site, oh learned elders of Zion.  Shalom? 

*How “In America it’s bling bling, in Africa it’s bling bang” didn’t make it into the cheesy movie line hall of fame I’ll never know. Also, Leo’s South African accent is about as convincing as I imagine Britney’s “British Lady” to be.
**Name your kid "Jamie" and you might as well just call him "Punch Me I’m Fruity". I think that’s Jamie Bell’s MySpace name.

Variety is reporting that X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is set for a May 2009 release and that Liev Schrieber (The Manchurian Candidate, Naomi Watts’ vagine) is in final talks to play the bad guy, William Stryker.

Hugh Jackman will return as Wolverine, David Benioff (25th Hour, Troy) will write the script, and Gavin "Clitoral" Hood (Rendition) will direct. 

Hood will start shooting in Australia before moving to New Zealand [Why Not?] and, later, to New Orleans. Latter location is a clue that the storyline might include New Orleans-based character Gambit, who is able to make objects explode and was a professional thief before joining the X-Men.

Reached for comment, Schrieber said:

I’ve always had an octogenarian fetish. I find old women at funerals and weddings attractive; I have this weird mortality thing.

No really, he actually said that. Yeah, I have a weird mortality thing too, or so the dead hookers in my garage would seem to suggest.  Know what’s the difference between ’68 Coupe De Ville and a pile of dead hookers?  I don’t have a Coupe De Ville in my garage.