Jack Osbourne says the Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne biopic is still alive. The catch is the part fans probably expected by now: it is not close enough to smell the popcorn yet.
During a May 12 livestream on his YouTube channel, Jack was asked for an update on the long-running film project. His answer was blunt enough to matter. He said the project is moving ahead, the script is in place, calls are happening, and the movie “will absolutely happen.” Realistically, though, he said it probably will not come out until 2028.
That is a long wait, but for this story, long may be better than cheap.
What Jack Osbourne said about the biopic
Jack said the film is “full steam ahead” and that the team is about to start working on attaching a director. He also described the movie as a labor of love, which is exactly the phrase you expect from a family member, but the production details are the useful part here: script ready, active calls, director search next, no 2026 or 2027 rush.
The biopic has been tied to Sony and has been discussed publicly for years as a film centered on Ozzy and Sharon’s relationship. Earlier updates from Jack framed him as one of the producers and the family-side bridge for the project. That tracks. If anyone is going to be asked where the line sits between myth, memory, brand protection, and actual family damage, it is probably Jack.
Metal Mantra covered the larger Ozzy estate machine recently when Sharon and Jack Osbourne set their Licensing Expo 2026 appearance. That was the business side of the legacy. This film is different. A licensing panel can talk around the mythology. A biopic has to pick scenes, assign blame, cast faces, and decide how ugly the truth is allowed to look.
Why 2028 may be the right timeline
The worst version of an Ozzy movie would be a jukebox ride with bat-bite shorthand, addiction montage, redemption glow, and a clean final bow. Nobody needs that. Ozzy Osbourne’s life was too strange, too funny, too brutal, and too publicly damaged for the safe version to be worth making.
Sharon has previously described wanting the film to be raw rather than sanitized. That is the only path with any real value. The relationship between Ozzy and Sharon is not a background detail in this story; it is the engine. The solo career, the chaos, the survival, the family machine, the MTV-era resurrection, the health decline, and the grief around Ozzy’s death all run through that complicated center.
Rushing that into production because the market wants another rock biopic would be the wrong move. Fans have already seen what happens when music films flatten volatile people into merchandise. Ozzy’s story can be funny without becoming cute. It can be loving without becoming soft.
For readers revisiting the music and the books around him while this film crawls forward, Ozzy Osbourne albums and memoirs are searchable on Amazon, and Metal Mantra’s best metal biographies on Audible guide is still the better route if you want the long-form stories behind the legends.
The casting question still hangs over everything
Jack has previously teased that a “phenomenal actor” had been chosen to play Ozzy, but no official casting announcement has landed. That silence is probably intentional. Once the actor is public, every fan on earth will judge the jawline, the voice, the posture, the Birmingham accent, and whether the performance feels like a person or an impression.
The Sharon casting may be even harder. Get Ozzy wrong and the movie looks corny. Get Sharon wrong and the whole emotional structure collapses. She is not a side character in this story. She is manager, partner, survivor, antagonist, protector, and co-author of the myth, depending on which year you are looking at.
That is why 2028 does not feel like a delay so much as a warning label. This project has one shot to avoid becoming a museum gift-shop version of the Prince of Darkness.
Metal Mantra already said goodbye to Ozzy as a cultural force in Farewell to the Prince of Darkness. The movie, whenever it arrives, has a harder job. It has to make the man feel alive without turning the damage into decoration.
