Shatner star of show based on Twitter star

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Noted Twitter personality Justin Halpern says CBS is creating a sitcom starring Canadian actor William Shatner based on his Twitter account.

Halpern said he is hopeful CBS will name the series after his popular Twitter account, simply editing out the title's sole profanity so it reads something like "S#&% My Dad Says," the Los Angeles Times said Friday.

Halpern, who is writing the script for the pilot with his writing partner Patrick Schumacker, gained fame by using Twitter to share details regarding his 74-year-old father, Samuel.

The popular stories shared on the social networking service resulted in Halpern, 29, getting a book deal. Halpern is expected to have his book of stories regarding his father in U.S. stores before Father's Day.

Halpern told the Times while Shatner was his first choice for the comedy pilot, his dad had another actor in mind.

"He wanted James Earl Jones to play him," Halpern said. "I was like, 'But you're white.' He was like, 'Well, we don't have to be! Who gives a (expletive)? You asked me who I thought, and that's who I think.'"