14 DAY TRIAL // A little over a week after a brand new season of “Two and a Half Men” premiered on TV, its former star, Charlie Sheen, and Warner Bros. have reached a settlement about Sheen’s firing. Both lawsuits have been dropped, a statement reads.
Fans of the show, which is now moving forward with Ashton Kutcher as the lead, must know that, shortly after he was let out of his contract for “Men,” Sheen filed a lawsuit against Warners and showrunner Chuck Lorre, saying he’d been fired for no reason.
He asked for $100m in damages for the termination of contract but the settlement now got him a quarter of that, it is believed.
“Warner Bros. Television, Chuck Lorre and Charlie Sheen have resolved their dispute to the parties’ mutual satisfaction,” a statement from the network, as cited by AceShowbiz, informs.
“The pending lawsuit and arbitration will be dismissed as to all parties. The parties have agreed to maintain confidentiality over the terms of the settlement,” the statement further says.
Details of the settlement have not been released to the press – and they never will be – but rumors have it that Sheen walked away with $25 million, as we also informed you a while back.
Insiders claim that the actor will be paid said amount almost on the spot for work already done on the show that is owed to him.
Sheen will make another $100 million over the next 5 to 7 years in syndication rights so, while the amounts circulated are a far cry from the reported $2 million he made for each episode of “Men,” he’s clearly not losing by any means.
On the other hand, the show seems to be doing just fine without him, despite what critics were saying when Kutcher’s name was announced in relation to it.
Granted, some fans disliked his role and, above all, his take on it, but ratings for the season premiere were solid enough (a new record for “Men”) to warrant talk of another very successful season.