Ozzy Osbourne’s final months have been captured in two competing documentaries, and now the race to release them is on, just two weeks after the beloved rocker’s death.
Paramount+ is in the final stages of producing a feature-length documentary called Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape from Now, and BBC is wrapping up up a 10-part documentary series called Home to Roost.
Paramount+ has described their offering as “a deeply personal portrait of the rock legend’s harsh new realities and his battle to take the stage for one final performance”.
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Paramount+ announced the documentary in February.
The 76-year-old rocker performed his final concert in Birmingham in the UK on July 5, as part of Black Sabbath’s farewell tour, Back to the Beginning.
He hit the stage for his final show was just 17 days before his death.
The Black Sabbath frontman was battling Parkinson’s disease, having confirmed his diagnosis in 2020.
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His final performance saw him seated on a dramatic black throne with bats crafted onto it, a nod to one of his most infamous on-stage moments.
He certainly earned his moniker, the Prince of Darkness, although his reality TV series, The Osbournes, which aired from 2022 until 2005, showed a much gentler side to him.
A third documentary being produced by Sony, which is set to be released in 2026.
Also in the works is a biopic based on the lives of Ozzy and Sharon, being promoted by Ozzy’s son, Jack Osbourne, 39.
He also confirmed his father had finished writing an autobiography called Last Rites, which is set for release later this year.
“Right now, it’ll take place over the Sabbath era and early 1980s. We’re definitely going for a more adult rating for the film,” Jack told Mail Online.
“This is by no means going to be a fluff piece.”
Jack is serving as a co-producer on the biopic, which may star Florence Pugh as Sharon and Bill Hader as Ozzy.
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Lee Hall, who wrote the Elton John biopic Rocketman, has reportedly submitted a draft script.
“Right now we’re going through a rewrite with Craig Borten, who wrote Dallas Buyers Club,” Jack said.
Kelly Osbourne and Jack Osbourne wave to fans through tears
Osbourne’s official cause of death has been revealed.
The heavy metal icon died of a heart attack and had coronary artery disease in addition to suffering from Parkinson’s disease for years, his death certificate said.
The 76-year-old singer had suffered from coronary artery disease as well as Parkinson’s, according to the certificate filed at a register office in London and obtained by The New York Times on Tuesday.
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The news of the heavy metal icon’s death was shared in a statement from his family.
“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” the statement started.
“He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family’s privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee, and Louis.”
Fans came out in droves from across the country to mourn his death in his hometown of Birmingham last week.
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