 In 2003, Larry Cohen and Martin Poll filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized their script "Cast of Characters".According to the BBC, the lawsuit alleged "that Mr. Cohen and Mr.Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name "Cast of Characters"," and that Fox had solicited the comics series "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" as a smoke screen.