Charlie Sheen's settlement with Warner Bros. isn't a done deal, yet, but once it's locked up, he'll likely have ditched his "rock star from Mars" reputation and wormed his way back into TV's good graces.
A Warner Bros. rep told ABCNews.com today that despite claims that the former "Two and a Half Men" star reached a more than $100 million deal in his lawsuit against his former boss, "there is no settlement." Representatives for Sheen declined ABCNews.com's requests for comment.
TMZ.com and the Los Angeles Times have reported that Sheen's deal with Warner Bros., which will be ironed out in a matter of days, will include $25 million he's owed for episodes he already shot and a share of the syndication of the nearly 200 "Two and a Half Men" shows in which he appeared. Sheen's syndication profits could total $100 million in the next seven to 10 years.
If that's how the deal shakes out -- and we may never know for sure, as most post-termination deals are officially confidential -- it'll be pretty sweet for Sheen.
"It's probably one of the largest post termination deals between talent and a studio, ever," said Mitchell Langberg, partner at the law offices of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, the firm that won a precedent-setting settlement for Valerie Harper in 1988 after she sued NBC/Lorimar Television for firing her from the sitcom "Valerie." (Sheen's "Two and a Half Men" character was Charlie Harper: Coincidence?)....................
