Following Ozzy Osbourne’s current passing, Selection experiences that Sony’s beforehand introduced biopic about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne remains to be transferring ahead.
A consultant for Polygram Leisure confirmed that the venture — initially introduced again in 2020 — continues to gestate, and “they’re at the moment in negotiations with a director, which may very well be confirmed very quickly.”
As beforehand reported, Sony introduced that it might be helming a movie concerning the Prince of Darkness and his relationship with spouse and supervisor Sharon. The studio teamed up with Polygram Leisure and Osbourne Media to develop the movie, 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.
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Lee Corridor, script author for the 2019 Elton John biopic Rocketman, was tapped to put in writing the screenplay, and per the Polygram rep’s newest assertion, Corridor and the manufacturing workforce are all nonetheless on board.
Versus being a film about Ozzy’s full music profession, it might skip previous his first tenure with Black Sabbath and decide up when he was fired from the band and commenced courting Sharon, who would finally change into his spouse and supervisor.
“We’ve a author,” Jack Osbourne instructed Rolling Stone in 2020. “We mentioned to go from 1979 to 1996. I can’t say an excessive amount of, however the movie is in energetic growth.”
In the identical interview, Ozzy commented, “From what I perceive, it’s about Sharon and I and our relationship. It’s how we met, fell in love, and the way we married. She’s my different half. She grew up so much with me, and I grew up so much along with her.”
In talking with Heavy Consequence in 2020, Aimee Osbourne instructed us of the movie’s concentrate on Ozzy and Sharon’s relationship, “They clearly have been by numerous ups and downs, so I believe there’s simply a lot to be taught from them and to be impressed by.”
The movie would be the second skilled try to adapt Ozzy and Sharon’s relationship to the large display screen. Screenwriter Ryan Jaffe took a shot at making an Ozzy/Sharon biopic come to fruition way back to 1998, even having conferences with the couple. Sadly, the assorted events did not agree on a take care of studio New Line Cinema on the time, and the venture was scrapped.