BREAKING NEWS - Two And A Half Men Moving Forward Without Charlie Sheen

Posted on Thu Apr 28th, 2011 12:50pm PDT By X17 Staff

Chuck Lorre, co-creator of Two and a Half Men, has plans to re-boot the show without Charlie Sheen, The Hollywood Reporter says.

Lorre told series star Jon Cryer that the re-do would involve a big role for a him plus a new, not-yet-cast character.

CBS has to get together its pilot and show presentations for advertisers by May, so the plan for a new version of the show is coming together, the article says.

Lorre and Sheen engaged in a public war of words earlier this year.

Warner Bros. Studio, which produces the show, and CBS, are both reported to be aware of Lorre's intentions.

Sheen has said on his "Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option" tour that he wants to come back to the show, and he has reportedly been trying to set up meetings to make that happen.

But Lorre, Warner Bros. and CBS are said to be uninterested in his pleas.

See why else Charlie Sheen made the news today after the jump.

Charlie Sheen may be looking to get some goodwill back in his life. The actor launched a charity this week, and the first effort of the group is to raise money for the baseball fan critically hurt in an attack after a Los Angeles Dodgers game.

Sheen's Corner will donate profits from merchandise sales at Sheen's live tour shows in San Francisco Saturday night to the Bryan Stow Fund.

Stow, 42, has been in a medically-induced coma since he was beaten in the Dodger Stadium parking lot last month. He is married with children.

Sheen will be at San Francisco's Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium Saturday. His one-month national tour ends in Seattle next week.