Fantasy Authors Are Not Playing: Creators Increasingly Call Out “Unfaithful” Adaptations
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
And that's generally forgivable - if you call it anything else. But naming your thing after a popular thing is a reliable way to get butts in seats, even if you completely bungle the tone, content, setting, and message. It's how you guarantee "the book is better" instead of "did you know it's based on a book?"