Demetrious Polychron Versus Jeff Bezos and the Tolkien Estate
Amazon. The Tolkien estate. A fantasy writer named Demetrious Polychron — a name right out of a novel. These three things merged into a strange tale.
On April 18, many learned that a writer named Demetrious Polychron was suing Jeff Bezos and the J. R. R. Tolkien estate. Why? Because he wrote and unpublished The Lord of the Rings sequel, and he was accusing them of stealing his ideas for Amazon’s The Rings of Power show.
You can read about the lawsuit on Justia. Demetrious Polychron is suing both parties for $250 million. For copyright infringement. Even though he is not the copyright holder of The Lord of the Rings.
Most learned about this thanks to a tweet by the Fellowship of Fans Twitter account, which has kept following up on the story. (They also have a Fellowship of Fans website.) Tolkien fans on Reddit are also discussing it in multiple threads.
Of all places, this story first appeared on Radar Online, better known as an “entertainment and gossip” website. Since then, it has been covered by PC Gamer, IGN, and Giant Freakin Robot.
Wait, Demetrious Polychron Did … What?!
Demetrious Polychron wrote a direct sequel to The Lord of the Rings — titled The Fellowship of the King. (Yes, that title is awfully close…
