The Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne biopic continues to take shape behind the scenes, with new updates from Jack Osbourne suggesting that the long-gestating film is steadily progressing at Sony Studios—though fans may still be waiting a few more years to see it on screen.
Speaking during a May 12 livestream on his YouTube channel, Jack was asked by a viewer about the current status of the project. He confirmed that development is very much ongoing and that key pieces are now falling into place.
He responded (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): “I can tell you this: we are moving ahead. I was on calls today about it. The script is right there. We are good. This movie will absolutely happen.
“Realistically — I mean, look, we’re already halfway through ’26 — it probably won’t come out until ’28. But you never know. But, yeah, we’re full steam ahead. We’re about to start going out and getting a director attached. So, fingers crossed. I’m really excited. It’s, yeah, very much been a labor of love, of course. But, yeah, I’m excited — I’m excited for everyone to see this film.”
He had already addressed the project earlier this year during an appearance on Billy Morrison’s SiriusXM show Influenced, where he explained that the film had entered what he called a new phase after years of groundwork at Sony.
“We are in full steam in the next phase of development with this movie,” Jack said at the time. “That’s an acted movie that we’ve been developing with Sony studios for, like, six years already,”
Casting remains one of the biggest talking points surrounding the film, but Jack stayed cautious when asked about who will portray his father, Ozzy Osbourne, on screen. Still, he hinted that the team has already made a key decision.
“We have our decided pick, and I can’t say anything [yet], but it’s a phenomenal, phenomenal actor. We have a director attached, and we’re doing a rewrite right now.”
During the same conversation, Morrison suggested that Ozzy himself would have been eager to see the film completed, something Jack fully agreed with.
“Oh, he would,” he said. “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**t. Just tell me when it’s out so I can go see it.’”
The film, which is being scripted by Lee Hall (“Rocketman“), will reportedly focus heavily on the relationship between Ozzy and Sharon, featuring music from both Black Sabbath and Ozzy‘s solo career. Sharon has previously been adamant that this will not be a sanitized, “Hallmark” version of their lives.
“We don’t want it to be squeaky, shiny clean and all of that,” Sharon said in a past interview regarding the tone. “We’re not making it for kids. It’s an adult movie for adults.”
She hopes the story resonates beyond just the heavy metal fanbase.
“I hope it will be a story that everybody can relate to,” Sharon explained. “You don’t have to be a fan of the music, because it’s a story about a survivor. No matter what life throws at you, you pick yourself up and you start again. It’s just an amazing story of overcoming everything that’s thrown at you in your life.”
