'Phenomenal' actor cast to play Ozzy Osbourne in movie biopic
It's tentatively set for release in 2027
Jack Osbourne has revealed that a “phenomenal” actor has been cast to play his late-great dad Ozzy Osbourne in an upcoming movie biopic.
In an interview with Ozzy’s best friend Billy Morrison on his SiriusXM show, Jack gave an update on the progress of the long-gestating Ozzy Osbourne film.
"We are in full steam in the next phase of development with this movie. That's an acted movie that we've been developing with Sony studios for, like, six years already,” Jack said.
Asked what actor will play Ozzy in the movie, Jack responded: "We have our decided pick, and I can't say anything, but it's a phenomenal, phenomenal actor. We have a director attached, and we're doing a rewrite right now."
When Billy Morrison said Ozzy would have “got a kick out of” a movie being made about his life, Jack responded: "Oh, he would. And all he kept saying — I'd give him updates: 'Oh, we met with this guy', and 'this is happening'. And he just would go, 'I don't give a s---. Just tell me when it's out so I can go see it.'"
Speaking back stage at Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s Back to the Beginning concert in July 2025, Jack Osbourne said of the film: “It's going to be raw. We are not pulling any punches, we are really laying it all out."
Jack continued at the time: "The director is absolutely phenomenal. I can't say who he is, but we are very lucky to have him and he is a die-hard fan.
"If the evil overlords of Hollywood give us the green light, we could be filming in the spring, so maybe it will be out by the summer of 2027."
It’s unclear whether this Ozzy biopic is a different movie to the one Sharon Osbourne has been teasing since 2021, or whether it's a revised version.
Sharon told Variety at the time that the movie will focus on her relationship with Ozzy over a 20 year period.
"It starts the day we meet and will focus on how our lives were totally different but very similar in ways: I was brought up by a powerful, successful father (Black Sabbath, ELO and Small Faces manager Don Arden) and Ozzy was brought up extremely poor and somewhat abused,” Sharon said.
"It's definitely going to be a tearjerker. It's not going to be a sex-and-drugs movie at all. Ozzy is so much more than that. I would hate to be a cliché."
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Cher - Untitled
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne - Untitled
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Madonna - Untitled
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