Charlie Sheen, that encountered a stunningslide from TV grace on his previous show "Two and a Half Men," affirmed on Monday reports he will certainlyget back on tv in the new comedy, Charlie Sheen in "Anger Management" based on the 2003 movie of the identical name.
The motion picture starred Adam Sandler as thepersonwho will bepushed into anger management counselingjust tomeet up with an instructor (Jack Nicholson), that's more than a bit angry himself. Sheen will take the Sandler jobwithin theTv series and hold on to an ownership position in the series, the producers stated.
"I chose 'Anger Management' simply because, as itmight be ahuge stretch for me to play a guy with severe anger management issues, I thinkit is agreat concept," Sheen explained.
Sheen had been TV's top paid actor for his part as Charlie Harper, a boozing womanizing bachelor on No. 1-rated comedy "Two and a Half-Men." Howevera few months ago he ended up beingfired by its creators and CBS, the network that broadcasted the show, right after he lashed out in public rants at "Men" author Chuck Lorre.
The actor's firing followed manyincidents in late 2009 and 2010 that gotten him in legalissuesas well as inrehab for drug and alcohol misuse.
Right after he has been kicked off "Men" in March in 2011, Sheen begun a publishing videos and making statements on Twitter to his supportersin which he indicated his detractors as losers and touted his "winning" ways. He also started on a one-man, live stage show -- his "Violent Torpedo of Truth" comedy tour -- that met with mixed results in manylocations.
In May, CBS and the "Men" chosen Ashton Kutcher to replace Sheen, and since then, speculation has mounted about Sheen's future. Reports appearedrecently on celebrity news websites that he achievedan offer to work on the "Anger Management" TV show, and Monday's announcement from Sheen and the show's producers, Lionsgate Television," affirmedthosestories.
"Who better than Charlie Sheen to tackle Anger Management," said Joe Roth, who manages Revolution Studios, that produced the movie and supported the TV show. "With Charlie's incredible talent and comedic gifts, he remains the leading man of TV sitcoms. I'm thrilled to work together with him again."
Sheen and Roth had worked together on earliermoviessuch as "Major League" and "Young Guns."
The actor said the new dealgives him "real ownership" in the series and "a fair bit of creative control."
"Anger Management" will not yet have a U.S. network. It's going to besyndicated by Lionsgate unit, Debmar-Mercury.
The motion picture starred Adam Sandler as thepersonwho will bepushed into anger management counselingjust tomeet up with an instructor (Jack Nicholson), that's more than a bit angry himself. Sheen will take the Sandler jobwithin theTv series and hold on to an ownership position in the series, the producers stated.
"I chose 'Anger Management' simply because, as itmight be ahuge stretch for me to play a guy with severe anger management issues, I thinkit is agreat concept," Sheen explained.
Sheen had been TV's top paid actor for his part as Charlie Harper, a boozing womanizing bachelor on No. 1-rated comedy "Two and a Half-Men." Howevera few months ago he ended up beingfired by its creators and CBS, the network that broadcasted the show, right after he lashed out in public rants at "Men" author Chuck Lorre.
The actor's firing followed manyincidents in late 2009 and 2010 that gotten him in legalissuesas well as inrehab for drug and alcohol misuse.
Right after he has been kicked off "Men" in March in 2011, Sheen begun a publishing videos and making statements on Twitter to his supportersin which he indicated his detractors as losers and touted his "winning" ways. He also started on a one-man, live stage show -- his "Violent Torpedo of Truth" comedy tour -- that met with mixed results in manylocations.
In May, CBS and the "Men" chosen Ashton Kutcher to replace Sheen, and since then, speculation has mounted about Sheen's future. Reports appearedrecently on celebrity news websites that he achievedan offer to work on the "Anger Management" TV show, and Monday's announcement from Sheen and the show's producers, Lionsgate Television," affirmedthosestories.
"Who better than Charlie Sheen to tackle Anger Management," said Joe Roth, who manages Revolution Studios, that produced the movie and supported the TV show. "With Charlie's incredible talent and comedic gifts, he remains the leading man of TV sitcoms. I'm thrilled to work together with him again."
Sheen and Roth had worked together on earliermoviessuch as "Major League" and "Young Guns."
The actor said the new dealgives him "real ownership" in the series and "a fair bit of creative control."
"Anger Management" will not yet have a U.S. network. It's going to besyndicated by Lionsgate unit, Debmar-Mercury.