Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne will have a biopic: the project confirmed

After months of silence, confirmation has arrived: the biopic on Ozzy (here all the news about the artist) and Sharon Osbourne will be done. The magazine gave the news Rolling Stone USAwho also revealed that the film will be produced by Sony Pictures. The project will tell the turbulent love story between the legendary and late Black Sabbath and Sharon frontman, his wife and manager, with whom he shared over forty years of career and private life between successes, crises and rebirths. The biopic on Ozzy and Sharon is not a new idea: the project had been announced for the first time in 2021, immediately arousing the interest of fans and professionals. On that occasion, the screenwriter Lee Hall had already been confirmed (already at work on “Billy Elliot” and “Rocketman”) and the productive involvement of his daughter Amy Osbourne. However, after the initial announcement, the development of the film had remained pending for several years. Today’s confirmation, obviously arrived on the emotional wave of the artist’s death, therefore marks a decisive step towards the concrete realization of the project, with the support of Sony Pictures.

According to the first information, The film will not be a classic “Music Film”but rather an intimate and visceral story of the couple, with a strong emotional component. Sharon Osbourne said that the film will be raw and honest, and not sweetened the darkest aspects of the past, from dependencies to family tensions. The soundtrack, of course, will focus on the music of Ozzy and Black Sabbath, but it is not excluded that other artists are also involved to reinterpret some songs in a cinematographic key. The cast has not yet been announced, but the production has hinted that the choices will be surprising. The film could be released between 2026 and 2027, in conjunction with new editorial projects already announced by the Osbourne family. The love story between Ozzy and Sharon – which began in the early 80s and continued between crises, addictions and rebirths – is one of the most symbolic of rock. She, capable manager and tenacious woman; He, metal icon struggling with his personal demons. Together they transformed their private life into a global brand, as evidenced by the success of the reality show “The Osbourns”, aired on MTV since 2002.