At the recent London premiere of his new film, The A-Team, actor Liam Neeson, who plays the lead role of Hannibal in the action flick, voiced his disapproval of the controversial decision to close the UK Film Council made by the UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Regarding the abolishment, Neeson said: “Big mistake, big mistake, big big mistake. It’s a blow, it’s what it is. I mean people need entertainment. We’re living in hard, difficult times and people want to go out and spend two hours in the cinema, daydream a bit. I’m really disappointed in the government to hear that.”

The official decision to eliminate the Film Council was made public the day before The A-Team premiered in the UK. The partially publicly funded organisation was created in 2000 to develop and fund the UK film industry. The Film Council has helped fund more than 900 movies since it was established ten years ago.

Undoubtedly, many people (including myself) maintain the Irish actor’s condemnation and disappointment. If only the A-Team existed in real life, we could send them in to correct this “big mistake.”

Director Bill Condon will direct RPatz, KStew, and the gang in the fourth installment of the wildly popular vampire film series, Breaking Dawn. The news comes despite Summit Entertainment producer Wyck Godfrey stating he wanted New Moon director Chris Weitz to come back to the franchise. In addition to Dreamgirls, Condon directed the 2004 film Kinsey, starring Irish actor Liam Neeson. To date, each Twilight movie has been overseen by a different director.

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner are all expected to again personify Edward, Bella, and Jacob respectively for the film, though the actors are still in negotiations.

Breaking Dawn is likely to be the final Twilight film as it is based on the series, what isn’t clear is whether the film version of Breaking Dawn will be split into two separate films or not, due to the extensive length of the story.

A release date for Breaking Dawn is yet to be announced, but production is set to begin this year. Meanwhile, the third installment of the saga, Eclipse, will hit theaters this summer on June 30^th.

Let’s hope Condon can work his magic and make the best Twilight film of what most Twilight fans consider the worst Twilight book.

In this pic: Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson

This column was never originally designed for breaking news, nor will I be reporting on daily news often, but today it brings me great sadness to report on the passing of the beautiful and wonderfully talented actress, Natasha Richardson – she will be missed by many!