Yesterday evening, Variety dropped something of a bombshell announcement: according to their report, Warner Bros. and Amazon Studios are currently in negotiations to get a Lord Of The Rings series off the ground. Yes, that Lord Of The Rings.

Here's the pertinent info:

"Warner Bros. Television and the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien are in talks with Amazon Studiosto develop a series based on the late author’s The Lord of the Rings novels. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is said by sources with knowledge of the situation to be personally involved in the negotiations, which are still in very early stages. No deal has been set."

Variety goes on to say that WB and the Tolkien estate have been shopping this project around as of late, and that Amazon has emerged as theImage copyright Getty Images Image caption The government is committed to exposing injustice, says David Lidington

Setting targets to hire judges from ethnic minority backgrounds would be the "wrong way" to solve the issue of diversity, says the justice secretary.

David Lidington has outlined steps to tackle "race bias" in the legal system in England and Wales, following a damning report from MP David Lammy.

But the minister says the government needs to "look at the critical path" into the law - rather than targets.

Mr Lammy said he was "disappointed" with the government's response.

The Lammy Review, published in September, said that people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds make up 25% of the prison population and 41% of the youth justice system - but only 14% of the general population.

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