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Charlie Sheen was due in court this morning in Colorado for a hearing on the misdemeanor assault charge stemming from the Christmas day scuffle he got into with his estranged wife Brooke Mueller, but it has been postponed until August 2nd.

The delay, which was requested by Sheen's attorney, was is intended "to allow both parties to pursue a possible plea disposition," a statement from the court said on Friday.

Charlie was arrested on Christmas day after a fight with Mueller at their vacation home in Aspen turned ugly. She called 911 in the early morning of December 25th, claiming Charlie had threatened her with a knife. Charlie has pleaded "no contest" to the misdemeanor charge.

Charlie had initially agreed to a work release program as part of his plea deal, where was to "coach" actors in a local theater called Theatre Aspen, who are putting on three plays: "Three Little Pigs", "The Wonderettes" and "Same Time Next Year." Under the work release terms, Charlie would have been able to leave jail by 8am and return twelve hours later.

But those negotiations hit a snag over whether or not he'd be allowed to smoke cigarettes while on work release.

Now, the rescheduled hearing may mean trouble for his Two and a Half Men schedule. Filming on his hit CBS show is supposed to start the very next day.