JACK OSBOURNE On OZZY And SHARON Biopic: 'We Have Someone In Mind, A Really Brilliant Actor' To Play OZZY

In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight's Nischelle Turner, Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack offered an update on the status of the long-awaited Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne biopic. Jack said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):  "We are full steam ahead. We've been in development at Sony for a number of years now. The script is done. We're just making some final tweaks and hopefully [we'll] get a director attached pretty soon."

Asked if he has someone in mind to play Ozzy in the movie, Jack said: "We do have someone that there's been some communication with. I can't really say who. Studios, they like to do the big reveals. But, yeah, we have someone in mind, a really brilliant actor. And yeah, we're very excited if it works out the way we hope. If Hollywood approves and the powers that be give us the green light, then we're ready to go. So it's very exciting."

Jack previously spoke about the Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne biopic during a May 12 livestream on his YouTube channel,. Jack said at the time:  "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."

Jack also talked about the Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne biopic in February 2026 during an appearance on an episode of the acclaimed podcast series "The Magnificent Others", hosted by THE SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan. He said at the time: "We're working on my dad's movie right now, and I'm one of the producers on it. We're doing it at Sony Studios. And I'm really kind of in the trenches with that. And it's funny. Out of all the team assembled on it, with these amazing producers and directors and act[ors], whatever, I'm the least qualified, but everyone just comes to me. I'm the middleman for everyone because if they need questions for my mom or if my mom needs questions for them. So I've found myself in this position where I'm the middleman with it all, and I'm really enjoying the experience and just learning about it."

He added: "Movies, they're different. It's a different animal."

Asked by Billy if the details of the biopic have been announced yet, Jack said: "Well, it was announced that we were doing it with Sony Pictures. We haven't done announced the cast yet, 'cause we haven't settled [on all of it].

"Initially it was gonna go from kind of my dad as a young man to the kind of mid-'90s, but we're shrinking it down," Jack revealed. "We're doing a rewrite right now. In my perfect vision of it, it would be kind of tail end of SABBATH, him going solo. [Because] you gotta have the love story. And that's kind of the main focus of the film, and all the craziness that happened in the early '80s and Randy's [Rhoads, late Ozzy guitarist] tragic death. But, yeah, it's an origin story."

In January 2026, Jack told "Influenced", the SiriusXM show hosted by multi-talented musician and artist Billy Morrison, about the Ozzy and Sharon biopic:  "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."

As for which actor will play Ozzy in the film, Jack said: "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."

After Billy noted that Ozzy would "get a kick out of" having a movie made about his life, Jack concurred. "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 shit. Just tell me when it's out so I can go see it.'"

It was reported by Variety back in October 2021 that Ozzy and Sharon had partnered with Sony Pictures and Polygram Entertainment for the film, which will focus on the love story between the BLACK SABBATH frontman and his wife and manager. It will be scripted by Lee Hall, who previously worked on Elton John's "Rocketman".

Ozzy and Sharon, along with their children Jack and Kelly, discussed the biopic in an April 2024 episode of their revived podcast.

"By the time they finish this film, I'll be dead… I wanna be alive to fucking see it," Ozzy said at the time. "Movies take forever to make. Forever," Sharon added.

Asked which actress she would like to play her in the biopic, Sharon said: "Florence Pugh or the little girl from 'Game Of Thrones'."

The film is being produced by Sharon and her children Jack and Aimée Osbourne via their label Osbourne Media (which was also behind the Showtime documentary "God Bless Ozzy Osbourne" and A&E's "Biography: The Nine Lives Of Ozzy Osbourne"),alongside Michele Anthony and David Blackman on behalf of Polygram Entertainment. Andrea Giannetti is overseeing development for Sony.

Variety also pointed out that music from BLACK SABBATH and Ozzy's solo career will be featured in the film.

In 2020, Ozzy stated about the biopic: "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."

"I hope it will be a story that everybody can relate to," Sharon said. "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."

Sharon added that the film will be "a lot more real" than the QUEEN biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody". "We don't want it to be squeaky, shiny clean and all of that," she said. "We're not making it for kids. It's an adult movie for adults."

Back in January 2019, Sharon told Variety that she had approached Danny Boyle ("28 Days Later", "Sunshine", "Trainspotting") about directing the film. "It's the madness of my childhood, growing up in the industry with a powerful father who was somewhat violent," she said.

Sharon went on to say that she "would get a complete unknown" to play Ozzy. "It's Ozzy at a very young age," she explained. "It's Ozzy at 20."

Sharon's father, former music mogul Don Arden, became known as the "Al Capone of pop" and the "English Godfather" for his tough-guy business practices while overseeing the careers of acts ranging from ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA to BLACK SABBATH. Arden and his daughter became estranged in 1982 after she took over the management of Ozzy's solo career, also marrying the singer. Father and daughter were not on good terms for nearly 20 years until reconciling in 2002.

Sharon had to pay her father $1 million in a court settlement after she gained control of Ozzy's affairs.

Ozzy died on July 22, 2025 of a heart attack, his death certificate revealed. The certificate also reportedly said the 76-year-old musician suffered from coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease.

Ten months ago, Osbourne reunited with the rest of the original BLACK SABBATH lineup — guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward — for what was his final performance at the "Back To The Beginning" charity concert in their original hometown of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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