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It’s Charlie’s war now.
Swaggering actor Charlie Sheen plans to return fire at CBS, Warner Bros. and “Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre — by slapping them with a $320 million “mental anguish” lawsuit, The Post has learned.
The in-your-face legal move comes after the network declared war on its biggest star Thursday, yanking Sheen’s top-rated sitcom for the rest of the season after two bizarre, live radio interviews in which the actor tore into the show’s producers.
As part of his lawsuit, which a source said will be filed as early as today, Sheen is expected to demand payment for the ninth season of the sitcom, which has yet to be filmed.
SHEEN SAYS HE WANTS A RAISE TO RETURN TO SHOW
Sheen is especially livid with Lorre, the source said.
“All Sheen has right now is time and money to destroy that little f- -k,” the source told The Post. “Charlie’s like a samurai warrior.”
The series’ cancellation came on the heels of a production halt last month, when the actor went into treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at his Beverly Hills home.
Two weeks ago, Sheen declared himself sober and demanded that the studio start filming “Two and a Half Men” again.
Sheen has “always shown up on time and ready to work,” the source said. “What goes on during his own time has always been his own business.”
But CBS is saying not anymore — and has banned Sheen from the Warner Bros. lot where “Men” is filmed, it was reported last night.
“The top people in the studio’s security department were all called together Friday night, and the word was passed to all the guards: Charlie Sheen is officially banned,” a source told the celebrity Web site RadarOnline.
“If he and his driver show up [today] — as Charlie has said he would — they are to be turned away.
“Everyone was told not to even let him in far enough that he could make a U-turn and leave. If he approaches the gate, he’ll have to back up to leave, no matter how many cars we may have to move behind him.”
Sheen retorted, “Wow, that’s kind of strange, given [that Warner Bros. TV President] Peter Roth always said it was my show that kept the lights on.
“Doesn’t matter too much, because after Wednesday, they’ll have to rename Warner Bros. as Charlie’s Bros,” Sheen told Radar. “I will fire those clowns and bring in my own team.”
At stake for the network is a TV show that makes a huge profit from ad revenue — an estimated $155 million in the 2009-10 season alone.
It also is set to bring in more than $600 million in syndication revenue over the next few years for Warner Bros. Television.
Sheen has personally netted an estimated $2 million per episode — making him the highest-paid actor on TV.
He will appear on ABC’s “20/20” tomorrow night for his first sit-down interview since his recent woes began. The interview was taped Saturday at Sheen’s Beverly Hills home.
“I’ve one speed, I’ve one gear, go!” Sheen told the network. “And I dare you to keep up with me.”
Sheen later said, “I am on a drug — it’s called Charlie Sheen!
“There’s some wrongs to be righted, and people need to hear my side of it,” he added.
“What you’ll see is a very focused, detailed human piece,” The Post’s source said of the interview, excerpts of which will be aired today and tomorrow on “Good Morning America.”
“It’s a truth-bound manifesto.”
CBS officials said they decided to stop filming “Two and a Half Men” last week after Sheen’s particularly vitriolic diatribe against Lorre on the syndicated radio program “The Alex Jones Show” and the Web site TMZ.