Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Biopic Is Still in the Works

Following Ozzy Osbourne’s recent passing, Variety reports that Sony’s previously announced biopic about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is still moving forward.

A representative for Polygram Entertainment confirmed that the project — initially announced back in 2020 — continues to gestate, and “they’re currently in negotiations with a director, which could be confirmed very soon.”

As previously reported, Sony announced that it would be helming a film about the Prince of Darkness and his relationship with wife and manager Sharon. The studio teamed up with Polygram Entertainment and Osbourne Media to develop the film, which was set to be produced by Sharon, Jack, and Aimee Osbourne alongside Polygram’s Michele Anthony and David Blackman and Sony’s Andrea Giannetti.

Lee Hall, script writer for the 2019 Elton John biopic Rocketman, was tapped to write the screenplay, and per the Polygram rep’s latest statement, Hall and the production team are all still on board.

As opposed to being a movie about Ozzy’s full music career, it would skip past his first tenure with Black Sabbath and pick up when he was fired from the band and began dating Sharon, who would eventually become his wife and manager.

“We have a writer,” Jack Osbourne told Rolling Stone in 2020. “We said to go from 1979 to 1996. I can’t say too much, but the film is in active development.”

In the same interview, Ozzy commented, “From what I understand, it’s about Sharon and I and our relationship. It’s how we met, fell in love, and how we married. She’s my other half. She grew up a lot with me, and I grew up a lot with her.”

In speaking with Heavy Consequence in 2020, Aimee Osbourne told us of the film’s focus on Ozzy and Sharon’s relationship, “They obviously have been through a lot of ups and downs, so I think there’s just so much to learn from them and to be inspired by.”

The film will be the second professional attempt to adapt Ozzy and Sharon’s relationship to the big screen. Screenwriter Ryan Jaffe took a shot at making an Ozzy/Sharon biopic come to fruition as far back as 1998, even having meetings with the couple. Unfortunately, the various parties failed to agree on a deal with studio New Line Cinema at the time, and the project was scrapped.