The Gary Neville Interview

Gary Neville knows how the controversy industry works. "It's all noise, really. It's all fluff and noise," he says, casting his thoughts back to the night he raised a finger to Carlos Tevez in that molten Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester City. His critique of what football is really about opens the widest window on what it takes to be a Manchester United player for 19 years.

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'One Tree Hill': Chad Michael Murray Coming back

David Livingston/Getty ImagesChad Michael Murray Chad Michael Murray is coming back to 1 Tree Hill. The actor, who starred among the two siblings the CW's primetime cleaning soap involves, will reprise his role as Lucas Scott within the approaching ninth and final season from the series. Murray left One Tree Hill, that was restored in May for any cut down 13-episode final season, throughout Season 6, when he and new bride Peyton (Hilarie Burton) were seen driving in to the sunset using their newborn, Sawyer. Lucas will go back to Tree Hill when his closest friend, Haley (Bethany Pleasure Galeotti) reaches to him for help. One Tree Hill's final months are looking for a midseason premiere with Murray's on-screen brother, Nathan (James Lafferty) showing up part-some time and their father, Serta (Paul Johansson) and Chris Keller (performed by former guest star Tyler Hilton) coming back as series regulars. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit Chad Michael Murray The CW One Tree Hill

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The black-and-whitened quiet film from Michel Hazanaviciusreceived some serious love if this performed this season’s Cannes Film Festival — immediately after The Weinstein Co scooped up because the fest’s initial purchase. Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Missi Pyle and Penelope Ann Burns star. To date out of this, it's just like marketed.

Early Edition: Alexander Skarsgard Travels 'East,' 'Last Exorcism' Follow up, More

Hello from Hollywood. Some tips about what happened last evening as you were fantasizing of the weekend's new releases. Alexander Skarsgard will briefly trade in the vampire terrorism for eco-terrorism in Brit Marling's thriller 'The East.' Old exorcists don't die, they segue into sequels: Hot youthful film writer Damien Chazelle (he's 25) will write the script for any second 'The Last Exorcism.' The Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle story will ultimately be converted into a movie, for Cinemax, with Eric Stonestreet starring. Plus much more ... Continue reading. Alexander Skarsgard has another weighty role he is able to sink his teeth into: The star of TV's 'True Blood' is within foretells join Brit Marling in 'The East,' in regards to a female agent who infiltrates an eco-terrorist group. Skarsgard would take part in the leader from the group who seeks revenge against dishonest companies. Marling, that has received glowing reviews on her 'Another Earth' (which she authored and stars in) co-authored the film with Zat Batmanglij, who's pointing. Skarsgard plays villains in the next two excursions: in Fishing rod Lurie's 'Straw Dogs' remake, which opens Sept. 16, and Lars von Trier's 'Melancholia.' Shooting is scheduled to start in October and November in Nashville. [The Hollywood Reporter] Last summer's 'The Last Exorcism' apparently will not function as the last in the end. Though not really a gigantic hit, the reduced-budget film made enough money to result in the producers to maneuver ahead having a follow up -- using the financial benefits of Studio Canal (who had been also behind the very first film). Damien Chazelle, a rising Hollywood film writer (his 'Guy and Madeline on the Park Bench,' that they also directed, opened in the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, he authored 'The Claim,' that was acquired last October, and merely offered a thriller script, 'Grand Piano') continues to be recorded to create the script. The initial 'Last Exorcism' would be a found footage story in regards to a troubled evangelical minister who concurs to allow his last exorcism be shot with a documentary crew not sure about the plot for that follow up. [THR] The Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle story will ultimately be converted into a movie ... although not for that giant screen, where it goes, however for Cinemax. And 'Modern Family's' Eric Stonestreet will have the rotund comedian. For individuals individuals that do not be aware of sad tale of Arbuckle, here is a brief rundown: Arbuckle would be a quiet film actor, comedian, director, and film writer who had been incredibly well-liked throughout the very first 2 decades from the cinema. But throughout an outrageous party in the St. Francis Hotel in Bay Area throughout the Labor Day weekend in 1921, among the female visitors, a little player named Virginia Rappe, grew to become ill and died a couple of days later. Arbuckle was wrongly charged with raping her and, though he was found innocent from the crime, the scandal destroyed his career. The Cinemax film is entitled 'The Day the Laughter Stopped' and will also be directed by Craig Levinson. [The Playlist] 'Fast Five' director Justin Lin has signed a 2-year production cope with Universal Pictures, that will certainly be the house of his Barnstorm Pictures. The shingle will build up and convey mainstream tentpole films in addition to more compact-allocated films to stop-and-comers an opportunity. Lin is placed to direct two high-profile projects, another 'Terminator' movie and also the Manga-based 'Lone Wolf and Cub.' [TheWrap] Patton Oswalt and Johnny Knoxville will star as "a set of fighting siblings who make an effort to recognition their ailing father if you take a troop of boys on the last ditch camping trip that goes extremely wrong" within an untitled comedy from Todd Rohal, who authored and can direct. The film, which starts shooting now, co-stars Take advantage of Riggle, Maura Tierney and Patrice O'Neal. [SlashFilm] Cody Horn, daughter of former Warner Bros. leader/COO Alan Horn, continues to be cast because the female lead in Steven Soderbergh's 'Magic Mike,' a drama in regards to a male stripper (Channing Tatum) who befriends a youthful dancer (Alex Pettyfer) and shows him how you can hustle both on stage and off. Horn will have the sister of Pettyfer who also ends up inside a romance using the titular Miracle Mike (Tatum). Horn has already established a recurring role on TV's 'Rescue Me.' [CinemaBlend] And, finally, Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Dark from the Moon' continues to be electronically changed into 'Transformers: Dark from the Moon: An IMAX three dimensional Experience,' and can hit IMAX theaters for any new two-week run August. 26-Sept. 8. The film has made $348.5 million in the domestic box office and $747 billion overseas.

Early Edition: 'Straight A's for Phillippe, Paquin, Wilson; Melissa McCarthy Steals Comedy Role

Sometimes studios keep their productions so under wraps that even the Hollywood press doesn't know about them until they begin shooting. Such is the case with Nu Image/Millennium Films' dramedy 'Straight A's.' According to a report in Variety, Luke Wilson, Anna Paquin and Ryan Phillippe have joined the film, which just began production in Louisiana. The story follows "a man who's been in and out of rehab for 10 years (Phillippe) and is haunted by the ghost of his dead mother pressing him to return home to the family he turned his back on years ago. He trots back to Shreveport, only to be faced with his brother's wife (Paquin), who's still pining for him, her first love." Wilson will play the husband. James Cox ('Wonderland') is directing. Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy ('Bridesmaids,' TV's 'Mike & Molly') are attached to star in the Universal comedy 'ID Theft.' According to Deadline, the film -- written by 'The Pursuit of Happyness' scribe Steve Conrad -- was about a guy who gets his identity stolen by another guy. It was written for Bateman and another actor, but that all changed after Bateman saw McCarthy in 'Bridesmaids.' Since Bateman is one of the producers of the project, he pushed for McCarthy to be the identity thief. Shooting will begin in April 2012. Rosemarie DeWitt, fresh off her acting gig on Showtime's 'United States of Tara', is in talks to take the lead role opposite Ben Stiller in Fox's 'Neighborhood Watch.' The sci-fi comedy centers around a suburban "neighborhood watch" group that gets in over its head when it uncovers a plot to destroy the world. DeWitt would play Stiller's wife. Vince Vaughn is also starring in the film, which is being prepped for a 2013 release. [The Hollywood Reporter]

Holy Moses! 'Spider-Man' Stage Helmer Takes up Old Testament And Swears Spidey Will not Go Lower As Flop Of Scriptural Proportions

Philip William McKinley, happens director who changed Julie Taymor and stopped the bleeding -- literally and figuratively -- on Spider-Guy: Switch Off the Dark, will next tackle something much more legendary than the usual super hero saga: That Old Testament. Hes pointing The Bible: The Start, an active show scaly for arena-sized venues which will use music, dialogue, tumblers, jugglers, performers, aerialists and martial artists to re-enact the Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noahs Ark, Moses and the clash using the Pharaoah, the plagues of Egypt and also the parting from the Red-colored Ocean, all concluding within the delivery from the Ten Rules. The musical is going to be read by Gabriel the Messenger Raphael the Healbot and Michael, Leader of Gods armies. The show could be more logistically complex than Spider-Guy, which, McKinley swears, wont require a miracle to recoup a mammoth budget called at $70 million before it opened up. We're selling out every evening, consistently drawing $1.7 million every week and finishing behind Wicked and also the Lion King, he stated. At this time, its about maintenance and being incredibly careful. Weve got the brand new You are able to Department at work within the building for each show still, but weve taken safety to heart. Because the shows operating pricing is in the plethora of $1.two million each week, Spider-Guy will require a loooong run because of its traders to become made whole. That effort to recoup is going to be assisted by broadening beyond Broadway, something McKinley stated he'll help facilitate when it's about time. While Spider-Guy hardly came raves if this opened up after umpteenth delays -- together with a three-week shutdown McKinley required to implement changes -- the director feels the musical which was driven just as much by visual effects as music by U2's Bono and also the Edge has switched a large part from as being a cautionary tale concerning the limits of live theater to some model for which can be done. The Bible will push that envelope further, despite the fact that it's too big to suit inside a Broadway venue. McKinley is creating The Bible with Spider-Guys Michael Cohl, whose S2BN has partially elevated the millions required for an arena launch planned for late 2012 or early 2013. Michael Levine, Matt Rawlings and Ryan Bevridge are creating the background music, with lyrics by Maribeth Derry and book by Rob McKenna. The sets will be carried out by Mark Fisher and Ray Winkler, who designed the giant claw stage for U2s recent 360 tour. McKinley stated the show will launch inside a U.S. arena and spend several several weeks there before striking the street as an arena rock-band tour. McKinley expected to defend myself against something small after Spider-Guy, simply to change his mind following a three-martini dinner with stage actress Judy Kaye. I informed her Id done The Ten Rules and Ben-Hur, and she or he stated, well, theres nothing left then however the Bible, McKinley stated. The greater I figured about this, I recognized that people might take these tales which have large morality styles and insert them in a method of recent performance. It will likely be a far more daunting technical task than Spider-Guy, which McKinley required over following a litany of significant injuries threatened to get rid of the show in previews. Individuals incidents happened with your regularity it produced a terrible perception within the Broadway community: that safety had taken a back burner to spectacle. When Chris Tierney fell 30 ft in to the orchestra pit and fractured his skull and numerous other bones due to another rigging problem, many wondered if the show should just be shut lower before someone got wiped out. McKinley was a perfect option to replace Taymor. Although most widely known for pointing Hugh Jackman within the Boy From Oz, he's directed Ringling Siblings circus spectacles for nearly 2 decades as well as staged Ben-Hur working in london, filled with equine-attracted chariot races. After watching several preview performances, McKinley felt that Large Top discipline would curtail the incidents, and that he was demonstrated right. Because Id existed the circus for 25 years, I understood exactly why and how individuals accidents were happening, McKinley stated. If you will find five steps in an aerial segment, you should never walk out order, he stated. Within the circus, I'd produce a type of the show, and each time we'd a wire attached to someone, each department mind viewed things i was planning and explained whether it was possible. Once, I'd a flying act with 32 tie-lower lines also it required eight minutes to have it ready. You cannot hurry that, and so i found an eight-minute production number to fill time. The very first factor we did whenever we updated Spider-Guy was sit lower with everyone in each and every department. On every flight, we stated, what this may for your world? Is it feasible? These type of shows will invariably carry risk. It isn't Peter Pan weve got men going 40-45 miles per hour, circling the theater in five seconds in stunt and thrill flying sequences. If your primary men is out within the audience after consuming a steak dinner along with a milkshake, that additional weight on him will mess up the flying. You need to be conscious of everything. We cut Arachne's flying for creative reasons, however i added five more plane tickets. McKinley stated a show like Spider-Guy will in the end have minor problems and stoppages. Because nobody has become hurt, the glitches have end up part of the appeal then one McKinley feels should participate live theater: Maybe it is the reality TV factor, however when we stop, the crowd goes nuts. They like it since it is reality. When the show is not perfect, what is wrong that that? Exactly the same factor might happen using the Bible. Throughout Shakespeares time, they put veggies to you. Im glad were past that, but I love to engage in creating stuff that a crowd feels they're going through along with you, instead of watching while sitting outdoors the 4th wall. We're inside a golden chronilogical age of theater in New You are able to, and If only more journalists and experts would understand it. Spider-Guy does not need to be The Standard Heart or even the Book of Mormon -- theres room its it. And spectaculars like Spider-Guy are essential as to grow this talent. My personal favorite moment with Spider-Guy had been within the lobby and watching two 8-year-olds pretending to web one another. One stopped and stated, Is not this the very best Broadway show ever? Another kid agreed and stated, I cant wait to determine the next. Theres your future audience. The thing is, have them within the theater, encourage them to get this to a part of their existence then one they require as badly his or her Game Boy. Because thats what were fighting against.

John Logan And Patti Smith Duet On Her Robert Mapplethorpe Memoir 'Just Kids'

Seminal punk rock singer Patti Smith will collaborate with Oscar-winning screenwriter John Logan to adapt Just Kids, the bestselling memoir Smith wrote about her close relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe as both came of age in their respective art forms in New York City during the '60s and '70s. They've decided to write the screenplay on spec rather than set it up with a distribution, which they certainly could have done. Logan most recently won a Tony Award for his play Red, about painter Mark Rothko, and he has the Ralph Fiennes-directed Coriolanus and Martin Scorsese-directed Hugo coming this fall.

Confirmed: Charlie Chaplins Daughter Joins Bet On Thrones Season 2

By Jolie LashLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Oona Chaplin, the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, has became a member of the cast of Bet on Thrones for Season 2, Access Hollywood has confirmed. Access has learned Oona will have Jeyne. A surname wasn't given for that character, but you will find a number of Jeynes within the books from author George R. R. Martin. Sansa Stark includes a closest friend named Jeyne. Furthermore, another Jeyne, makes its way into the series, as within the most spoiler-free possible way a buddy of types of another of Eddard Starks children. GALLERY: Click The Link To Determine The Brand New Stars Of Bet on Thrones Season 2. Chaplin herself suggested at her role although she didnt title her part inside a recent interview with Britains The Telegraph newspaper. Ive got a component in Bet on Thrones and that i did a wee bit on Sherlock lately, she told the paper. But ideally Id prefer to perform a massive action film where I must do stunts and proper fight moments and equine riding and vehicle chases. Born in 1986, Chaplin has made an appearance in Daniel Craigs Quantum of Solace in 2008 as Perla p las Dunas, a receptionist. She analyzed in the exclusive Royal Academy of Dramatic Art working in london. Chaplin joins Ben Crompton as Dolorous Edd, Michael McElhatton as Roose Bolton, Hannah Murray as Gilly, Karl Davies as Alton Lannister in addition to Roy Dotrice as Hallyne, the pyromancer, German actor Tom Wlaschiha as Jaqen Hghar, Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy (within the books as Asha), Nonso Anozie as Xaro Xhoan Daxos, Liam Cunningham as Davos, Stephen Dillane as Robert Baratheons heir and brother Stannis, Nederlander actress Carice van Houten because the red-colored priestess Melisandre, Gwendoline Christie as Brienne, dark night to Renly Baratheon, and Tudors actress Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell, Renlys wife. GALLERY: Click The Link to determine the overall game of Thrones stars in street clothing. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sesame Street Responds To Call For Bert & Ernie To Wed

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- An online petition calling for the nuptials of Muppet flat-mates Bert and Ernie has sparked comment, controversy and lots of tweets. But dont bet on wedding bells to ring. Chicago resident Lair Scott, who posted the petition, is seeking matrimony for the Sesame Street chums as a way to make gay and lesbian kids who watch the show feel better about themselves, and to promote tolerance for people who are different. The marriage could legitimately happen, he reasons, since Sesame Street is located in New York, where gay marriage became legal in June. Others agreed. By Thursday afternoon, Scotts petition had collected 5,800 signatures. But there were alternate petitions also waiting on the website, Change.org. They included: Stop Bert and Ernie from getting married; Stop the senseless false labeling of these two best friends; and Leave Bert and Ernie alone. You could take your pick from those or nearly two dozen more. Or you could just tweet about it. On Thursday, Bert&Ernie was a trending Twitter topic. One tweet wondered why so much attention was being showered on Bert and Ernies domestic status, when poor Oscar the Grouch remains on the curb, dwelling in a garbage can. Another tweet questioned why SpongeBob and Patrick seem above any suspicion, just becausethey maintain separate residences. And a fretful post expressed hope that this raging controversy doesnt affect stocks. Sesame Workshop, which produces the long-running childrens series, seemed to be throwing water on any marital plans. Bert and Ernie are good friends, the company declared in a statement. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. For some four decades, then, Bert and Ernie have stood for promoting tolerance just by being themselves. But getting hitched? Despite recurrent insinuations about their living arrangement (Bert and Ernie share a bedroom, though they sleep in separate beds), neither they nor Sesame Workshop has ever declared them to be gay, much less romantically attached. While they may act childishly, they are indeed adults, according to Sesame Workshop, though of indeterminate ages. But the vagueness of their birth dates suggests an absence of birth certificates. Wouldnt this pose a difficulty in obtaining a marriage license, even if they sought one? Besides, maybe they share a bedroom just to save a few bucks. Who knows what the rent is these days at 123 Sesame Street? And oh yeah not to get too technical, but they arent flesh-and-blood. Or even alive. As Sesame Workshop noted, Bert and Ernie remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation. But while settling some questions, the statement raised others. For example, wouldnt there be a tax advantage even for puppets if they married, then started filing a joint return? Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Mireille Enos Off To The Gangster Squad

She's be Josh Brolin's tough other halfWith Mireille Enos already having scored a part on one big film this year (World War Z), it would seem that her positive career boost is not over yet - she's joining Emma Stone in making sure that The Gangster Squad isn't completely flooded with testosterone. Enos will play Connie O'Mara, who just so happens to be married to Josh Brolin's John. But don't go thinking that she'll be some stay-at-home housewife. Despite being pregnant with their child, Connie keeps her hubbie in line and also helps him select the candidates for the titular team. The actress - who grabbed positive reviews and an Emmy nomination for her work as dogged cop Sarah Linden on US drama The Killing (a remake of Forbrydelsen) - beat out the likes of Amy Adams and Kate Winslet for the role. She's joining a cast that already includes Stone, Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Pena, Robert Patrick and Holt McCallany. Gangster Squad, as you'll likely know by now, chronicles the real-life pursuits of a specially recruited team of LAPD officers dedicated to comabting the influx of East Coast gangsters to Los Angeles in the 1940s and '50s. With Ruben Fleischer calling the shots, the movie is scheduled to kick off shooting next month.

half an hour or Less: Film Review

This is not a great summer time for that R-ranked comedy, that takes another hit with half an hour or Less. To date this area office hasn't reflected the progressively lower standards and lukewarm to poor reviews received by these films. But when the three dimensional phenomenon is any guide, where anticipation have frequently be dashed, to constantly subject a pretty undemanding public to lame, witless comedies spread with four-letter words and mildly suggestive sexuality risk turning R right into a warning sign for rubbish. Among other sad aspects for this particular movie may be the depressing sight of otherwise good stars held in such sheer badness and also the small question that this is the following project Jesse Eisenberg would choose following his well-deserved best actor Oscar nomination for that Social Networking. Possibly he did this like a favor for his Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer but that is a tough way to repay a debt. Michael Diliberti's script (with different story by him and Matthew Sullivan) involves the false premise when one team of bumbling idiots is amusing, as with Dumb and Dumber, then you definitely double the amount fun with two teams. Besides the mathematics not work, it really activly works to boost the tedium because you get no relief by switching in one lethally stupid pair to a different. It is simply a lot of same. Pair No. 1 is Eisenberg's pizza delivery boy Nick -- he or she must deliver in half an hour or less -- who's no boy but instead a slacker so typical to such comedies, and Aziz Ansari's Chet, a cool slacker now grade school teacher who's nevertheless new. Another men are criminal conspirators -- or want to think they're rather than the lowlife do-nothings and think-even-less they actually are, Danny McBride's Dwayne and Nick Swardson's Travis. The plot seems like something imagined up while smoking dope: Dwayne and Travis, who would need to get exceedingly ambitious to become known as slackers, mean to get hold of the lottery winnings of Dwayne's ex-military father (Fred Ward) to be able to open a brothel masquerading like a tanning salon. So they would like to hire popular guy only they've nothing so that they choose to take advantage of a bank your money can buy but prefer to another person get the job done so that they kidnap Nick and strap a period explosive device to his body to ensure that he'll do. Have you been laughing uncontrollably yet? Nick naturally enlists Chet to assist him. They struggle to discover a method from Nick's predicament but can't so that they decide they'd better take advantage of a bank. They're buying lots of convenience store paraphernalia after which decide they'd better steal a get-away vehicle, which they do not know how you can do however the script demands they bumble effectively through every crime such as the pathetic bank robbery. Things have more complicated -- but no more amusing -- once the hit guy (Michael Peña), his stripper lover (Bianc Kajlich), Chet's sister (Dilshad Vadsaria) and Dwayne's father all alternate in gumming in the works. The ending is remarkably dark considering the fact that nothing within the Three Stooges tone Fleischer has built prepares you with this. It is a minor flaw though inside a film whose major flaw is extreme dullness. Whenever a script is bare-bones bad, stars overcompensate by growing their antics with each scene and seeking too difficult to find laughs where none is available. Eisenberg does barely maintain his dignity while Ansari will get more wide-eyed and frantic through the minute. Meanwhile McBride and Swardson hit exactly the same notes relentlessly. Peña, Kajlich and Ward all suggest figures that could be interesting inside a well-written dark comedy but here be wasted. Fleischer stages one chase scene with a little of comic flair but otherwise never finds that mixture of macabre action and comedy that a minimum of made Zombieland amusing. The film happens in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is built to look as harsh and depressing because the movie itself. Opens: August 12 (Columbia Pictures) Production companies: Columbia Pictures in colaboration with Media Privileges Capital presents a Red-colored Hour production Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson, Michael Peña, Bianc Kajlich, Dilshad Vadsaria, Fred Ward Director: Ruben Fleischer Film writer: Michael Diliberti Story by: Michael Diliberti, Matthew Sullivan Producers: Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller, Jeremy Kramer Executive producers: Monica Levinson, John Levy Director of photography: Jess Hall Production designer: Maher Ahmad Music: Ludwig Göransson Costume designer: Christie Wittenborn Editor: Alan Baumgarten R rating, 83 minutes Aziz Ansari Danny McBride Jesse Eisenberg Michael Pena half an hour or Less

Charlie Sheen Won't Appear on 'Celebrity Big Brother'

Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty Images Charlie Sheen won't be appearing on Celebrity Big Brother despite a false U.K. report, his rep confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. THe U.K. Independent reported the former Two and a Half Men star has struck a £6 million deal (about $9.7 million U.S.) to appear on the reality show when it kicks off on Channel 5 later this month. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen Tour Channel 5 and Endemol are keeping the cast under wraps. Ivana Trump, Stephen Baldwin, Coolio, Dennis Rodman and LaToya Jackson are among those who have appeared on the show. Sheen will star in Anger Management, inspired by the 2003 film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen's Crazy Twit Pics The comedy project is by distributors Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, co-presidents of Santa Monica-based Debmar-Mercury, Lionsgate Television, Revolution's Joe Roth, Sheen manager Mark Burg's production company Evolution Mangement and Robert Maron. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen's Colorful Career "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." Sheen was fired from Two and a Half Men earlier this year. Charlie Sheen