Actors Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen will reunite on screen to play father and son in Happy Jack, a new sitcom coming to AMC.
The first season of the television comedy is scheduled to begin production early next year in Los Angeles, according to trade publication Variety. The show will be recorded in front of a live studio audience at Warner Bros. studios, using the same soundstage where the hit comedy series Friends was filmed.
Family conflict and plot details
In the new series, Charlie Sheen plays Jack, a habitual slacker raising two daughters with contrasting lifestyles. His eldest daughter, Kate, manages the family business, while his rebellious younger daughter, Sam, brings home a new partner who disrupts the household.
The storyline develops when Sam introduces her new boyfriend, a former investment banker who abandoned corporate finance to become a van-life lifestyle guru. The arrival sparks immediate friction with Jack when both men realize they are the exact same age.
According to the official series synopsis, the unexpected living situation forces Jack to make a choice about his future. He must decide whether to continue focusing solely on himself or take a final opportunity to become an active presence in the lives of his daughters.
Martin Sheen plays Jack's father, described in the show's notes as the responsible grandfather credited with guiding his granddaughters into becoming wonderful adults.
Distribution and cast background
AMC Global Media plans to present the new sitcom to international buyers in October at MIPCOM, the major trade event for global television and entertainment content held annually in Cannes, France.
The series marks another screen collaboration for the father and son duo. Charlie Sheen, 60, previously starred in major television sitcoms including Two and a Half Men and Spin City, as well as feature films such as Platoon, Wall Street, and Major League. Martin Sheen has established a career spanning more than five decades, highlighted by acclaimed roles in Apocalypse Now and the political television drama series The West Wing.
The two actors previously portrayed a father and son relationship on the big screen in Oliver Stone's 1987 movie Wall Street. Their new comedy will bring them together again on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, filming in the soundstage where NBC produced ten seasons of Friends between 1994 and 2004.
