LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell are joining Daniel Craig in the World War Two resistance movie “Defiance.”

The fact-based film revolves around Jewish brothers (Craig, Schreiber and Bell) living in Nazi-occupied Poland who escape into the Belarussian forest where they join Russian resistance fighters. Throughout the war, they build a village inside the forest and save the lives of more than 1,200 Jews.

Additionally Alexa Davalos will play Lilka, a Polish refugee and the love interest of Craig’s character. Tomas Arana will play Ben Zion, a skilled leader in the resistance.

Ed Zwick (”Blood Diamond”) is directing the Paramount Vantage project from his adaptation of Nechama Tec’s book “Defiance: The Bielski Partisans.”

Schreiber, whose recent credits include “The Painted Veil,” returned to theaters last Friday with the indie satire “The Ten.” Bell, best known for his starring role in “Billy Elliot,” just wrapped production on sci-fi movie “Jumper.”

Davalos next appears in Robert Benton’s “Feast of Love,” opposite Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear, which opens on September 28. Arana (”Gladiator”) recently wrapped an Italian remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca.”

“Erotic, wistful, anxious, settled, ecstatic and perverse . . . enter the interwoven lives and the passions very different people who share a Feast of Love.

In this story based on the critically acclaimed novel by Charles Baxter, the author’s friend Bradley Smith (Greg Kinnear–Auto Focus) tells Baxter the tales of his friends and customers . . . of his ex-wife Diana (Radha Mitchell–Finding Neverland), a tough-minded lawyer; of Diana’s dangerous lover, David; Chloe (Alexa Davalos–”Reunion”) and Oscar (Toby Hemingway), two much-pierced punkers; Oscar’s evil and lustful dad; of philosophy professor Ginsberg, who pines for his missing and beloved son, Aaron; Esther and Harry Scott (Morgan Freeman–Million Dollar Baby) and their tortured relationship with their mentally ill son; and of Margaret, the black emergency room doctor with whom Bradley eventually finds a kind of peace . . . People whose desires, weaknesses and grace harmonize into a beautiful and moving symphony of life.”

I can’t wait for this. It comes out in 2007.

Thanks so much to The Fresh Pot for posting a photo of Alexa on the set of Feast of Love which can be found here. She looks adorable in the photo as you can see from the preview below. They posted a summary of the day which you can read here. Be sure to visit their cafe if you’re in the area!

That’s right. Our girl is not only in a new film but she’s the leading lady. The film is entitled Feast of Love and is due out in 2007. You can find information on the film here. Here is a little thing I came across about the film..