- Messages
- 103,193
- Reaction score
- 116,715
Charlie Sheen to Return to TV With Syndicated Sitcom 'Anger Management'
By John Sellers, The Wrap | Monday, July 18, 2011, 9:25 AM
Charlie Sheen is set to return to television in a sitcom loosely based on the 2003 Jack Nicholson/Adam Sandler comedy "Anger Management," Lionsgate Television announced Monday.
TheWrap confirmed two weeks ago that the wheels had been set in motion on the project, which Revolution Studios honcho Joe Roth was shopping.
But now it's official: Lionsgate will produce the half-hour comedy and will distribute through its subsidiary Debmar-Mercury. Sheen will have a "significant ownership stake" in the project, the production company said.
"I chose 'Anger Management' because, while it might be a big stretch for me to play a guy with serious anger management issues, I think it is a great concept," Sheen said in a statement. "It also provides me with real ownership in the series, a certain amount of creative control and the chance to be back in business with one of my favorite movie producers of all time, Joe Roth."
Roth has produced five Sheen movies, including "Major League" and "Young Guns."
Returning to TV without the bowling shirts
Read more: http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/charlie-sh...h-syndicated-sitcom-anger-management--3336?nc
By John Sellers, The Wrap | Monday, July 18, 2011, 9:25 AM
Charlie Sheen is set to return to television in a sitcom loosely based on the 2003 Jack Nicholson/Adam Sandler comedy "Anger Management," Lionsgate Television announced Monday.
TheWrap confirmed two weeks ago that the wheels had been set in motion on the project, which Revolution Studios honcho Joe Roth was shopping.
But now it's official: Lionsgate will produce the half-hour comedy and will distribute through its subsidiary Debmar-Mercury. Sheen will have a "significant ownership stake" in the project, the production company said.
"I chose 'Anger Management' because, while it might be a big stretch for me to play a guy with serious anger management issues, I think it is a great concept," Sheen said in a statement. "It also provides me with real ownership in the series, a certain amount of creative control and the chance to be back in business with one of my favorite movie producers of all time, Joe Roth."
Roth has produced five Sheen movies, including "Major League" and "Young Guns."
Returning to TV without the bowling shirts
Read more: http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/charlie-sh...h-syndicated-sitcom-anger-management--3336?nc
