Chatty Charlie Sheen May Miss 'Major League 3'

After a radio interview tour last week that launched countless tabloid headlines and forced the temporary cancellation of his CBS series“Two and a Half Men,”Charlie Sheenwill continue his career implosion in an ABC in interview with Andrea Canning that will air during the network’s primetime series“20/20″ and daily on“Good Morning America.”

Sheen has become a regular fixture on celebrity outlets the past few weeks for his numerous arrests, brief hospitalization for“abdominal pains,” and short stints in rehab, but things got increasingly worse for the 45-year-old actor when he opened his big mouth to scumbag radio host Alex Jones on February 24.

In theepic audio, Sheen compares himself to Marlon Brandon’s character, Colonel Kurtz, inApocalypse Now, takes several verbal swings as Chuck Lorre (creator of“Two and a Half Men”), articulates the phrase“Bible grippers,” rattles off something about“Vatican assassin warlocks,” and rambles on about his supposed light switch addiction. But Charlie“Wild Thing” Sheen’s tirade also included a bit aboutMajor League 3, the long-rumored baseball comedy follow-up that would essentially ignore 1998’s Major League: Back to the Minors.

“It’s being directed and written by a genius named David Ward who, I don’t know, won the Academy Award at 23 for writing The Sting? {He was 29.} It was his pen and his vision that created the classic that we know today as Major League. In fact, a lot of people think the movie’s called Wild Thing, as they should. Whatever… If they want me in it, it’s a smash. If they don’t, it’s a turd that opens on a tugboat.”

Wise words from the Vatican assassin warlock, but Morgan Creek CEO James Robinson may be opting for that tugboat. In a comment toTMZ, Robinson said,“Obviously with Major League 3 there’s a huge part written for Charlie’s character… but after dealing with Lindsay Lohan onGeorgia Rule, I can speak for someone who has experienced the difficulties of working with an actor dealing with addiction.” He continued by rehashing Lohan’s unreliability and the money they stand to lose if Sheen can’t control himself.

But Sheen’s already out millions due to the shutdown of his series, which was paying him nearly $2 million an episode at this point (it’s eighth season). While CBS hasn’t officially canned the show, the meltdown could potentially cost all parties involved hundreds of millions of dollars in lost licensing fees, rerun revenue, and advertising, estimates theLA Times. Of course, Sheen pledged to still arrive for work on Tuesday, despite production being halted indefinitely.  Unfortunately, the other 200+ people who were showing up when there was work to do are now out of a job.

One network’s sizable loss is another’s gain though, as the big Sheen get will likely boost ABC’s ratings as curiosity spreads. Deadlinereports ABC is battling with the Academy to allow promos for the interview during the prestigious awards show.  The Academy, which has approval over even the advertisements, is adamantly refusing.

Aside from interviews, we may not have seen the last of Sheen on television. The actor claimed toRadarOnlinehe is“close to securing a deal” with HBO for a one-hour show called“Sheen’s Corner” that will focus on the“truth and the absurd.” Sheen says the deal, which HBO denies, would grant him $5 million an episode, roughly (ironically) two and a half times what he made on his CBS sitcom.

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