"Phenomenal actor" has been picked to play Ozzy Osbourne in biopic, reveals son Jack

15 January 2026, 13:58

Ozzy Osbourne in London in 1991. Picture: Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images

Jack Osbourne, the son of the Prince of Darkness, has given an update on the long-awaited music film about the Black Sabbath legend.

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By Jenny Mensah

Jack Osbourne has teased a "phenomenal actor" has been enlisted to take on the role of Ozzy Osbourne in an upcoming biopic.

News of a feature film based on the life of the Black Sabbath legend was first announced in 2021 and now the late icon's son has given an update on their plans.

"We are in full steam in the next phase of development with this movie," said the podcaster and TV personality on Billy Morrison's SiriusXM show .

That’s an acted movie that we’ve been developing with Sony studios for, like, six years already.”

When quizzed about who could be set to take on the role of Ozzy, the former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! contestant also revealed that their "pick" has been decided and a director has been attached to the film.

"We have our decided pick, and I can’t say anything [yet], but it’s a phenomenal, phenomenal actor.”

He added: “We have a director attached, and we’re doing a rewrite right now.”

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The news comes after Sharon Osbourne revealed that Ozzy was "happier than we’d seen him in seven years" following the final Black Sabbath reunion show in July.

The heavy metal legend performed his last live show at Villa Park in Birmingham on 5th July - just two weeks before his death from a heart attack at the age of 76.

During an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Sharon claimed that the singer was moved by the outpouring of love for him and said her husband was "so so happy" before his passing.

"He was so happy afterwards," said the 73 year old. "He kept looking at the papers, and he goes to me: 'I never knew so many people liked me’, but that was the way he was.

"I mean, he knew he was famous, but not the amount that people loved him. It’s a whole different thing, and he was just so happy, so so happy.

"And for two weeks he was, you know, really, like every day was sunshine for him. Really, really happy, yeah, so happy - happier than we’d seen him in seven years."