OZZY OSBOURNE's Long-Awaited Memoir To Receive U.K. Release In October

According to TheBookseller.com, the long-awaited memoir from rock veteran Ozzy Osbourne will be published by Sphere this autumn in the U.K. "I Am Ozzy" will come out on October 1, with Osbourne visiting the U.K. on publication for a week of publicity and two book signings.

Antonia Hodgson, publisher of the commercial division at Little, Brown, said the book was "fantastic, very much in the tone of his voice, very funny and a very full story." The cover shoot for the book is being held today (June 17). Hodgson said the publisher was in discussions over a U.S. edition.

Hodgson signed up separate autobiographies from Osbourne and his wife Sharon in 2005, with Ozzy's autobiography originally scheduled for publication in autumn 2007.

Sharon Osbourne's first autobiography, "Extreme: My Autobiography" was a number one bestseller in 2005. She has since published a second volume.

A trailer for "Wreckage Of My Past", the forthcoming film documenting the life of Ozzy Osbourne as he approaches his 60th birthday, can be viewed below. Newly sober, Ozzy has finally reached a point of clarity as he looks back on a lifetime of unresolved issues, unparalleled success, misdiagnosed diseases, severed ties, and a recurring dependency on drugs and alcohol. Due in theaters early 2010, this is a film about reconciling the past and looking toward the future.

"Wreckage Of My Past", which is being directed by Mike Piscitelli, and written and produced by Jordan Tappis, will be the first release from Jacko Productions, a company started by Ozzy's son Jack.

Jack Osbourne is executive-producing "Wreckage Of My Past" along with his mother, Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy's longtime manager.

Jack and Sharon are financing the film themselves.

"Wreckage Of My Past", filming for which began in January 2008, features interviews with all the principal members of BLACK SABBATH, the various incarnations of Ozzy's solo band, family and friends. But the trick, Jack says, is getting them to be truthful. "The hard thing is getting people to be honest and not have it be a fluff piece, because that's not what we're trying to do," he told RollingStone.com. "I'm trying to paint a realistic picture of who my father is. I think 'The Osbournes', to a degree, tarnished the public's perception of my dad as a bit of a senile, funny, bumbling guy. Yeah, my dad can be that guy, but it's not him. I think that almost discredited who he is as an artist. My dad's not an idiot — he's nothing short of a genius, in my opinion. He does have huge flaws, and we're trying to really paint an honest picture of that."

According to Variety, Jack Osbourne has filmed several of his father's concerts, is compiling early archive footage, and working on an interview with Ozzy's first wife. He'll put the footage together with Piscitelli and Tappis before talking to distributors.

"I want people to see John Osbourne as the guy I grew up with, the tormented, complex musician whose personal demons manifest themselves in so many crazy, unique ways," Osbourne said. "He's agreed to it but is putting up his guard, massively afraid of putting his true self out there on display for people to see."