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Martin Sheen and Son Plan Father's Day Memoir

Actor Charlie Sheen, left, poses with his father, actor Martin Sheen, center, and brother, actor Emilio Estevez, after receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Sept. 23, 1994. AP

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Marin Sheen and his son are working on a book.

No, not that son.

Emuilio Estevez, eldest son of Martin Sheen and big brother of sitcom star and tabloid favorite Charlie Sheen, is working with his dad on a joint memoir titled "Along the Way"'

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Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Tuesday that the book would come out on Father's Day in 2012. The publishser says the memoir will explore "the inner and outer stages of the journey of a father and son," including the upcoming movie "Along the Way," in which the 48-year-old Estevez directs his father.

It's not the first time he's been in the director's chair - he wrote, directed and acted in 2006's "Bobby." Esteves frequently casts his father and younger brother in roles. Estevez's ascting roles include "The Beakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire."

The 70-year-old Sheen, who has numerous Emmy and Golden Globe trophies, is best known as President Josiah Bartlett on TV's "The West Wing."

CBS and Simon & Schuster have the same parent company.

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