Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Jack's Black: Osbourne Jr to direct Black Sabbath feature film

Directorial debut from Ozzy Osbourne's son will be an original horror film featuring his father's band's music

Jack Osbourne is to direct his first feature film, Black Sabbath, according to reports.

Not to be confused with Mario Bava's 1963 Italian portmanteau, from which the band fronted by Jack's father, Ozzy, took their name, Black Sabbath will be an original horror film featuring the group's music.

While this will be Osbourne's first directing job, it is not his first foray into the world of film; he co-produced concert documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, which premiered at the Tribeca film festival last weekend. Osbourne Jr is again joining forces with producer Marc Weingarten, who co-produced the recent documentary. Shooting is to begin by the end of the year.

Plot details have yet to be released but it is thought the film may be the same project that Sabbath's lead guitarist, Tony Iommi, was linked to a few years ago, along with Texas Chainsaw Massacre producer Mike Fleiss, who directed God Bless Ozzy Osbourne. Whether Iommi is involved this time is not clear, though he was to score the original project and was the only member of Black Sabbath to be present throughout all of the band's personnel changes.


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