Ozzy Osbourne's death on Tuesday leaves two long-in-the-works documentary projects with very different paths.
No Escape From Now, which was sold as “a deeply personal portrait of the rock legend’s harsh new realities and his battle to take the stage for one final performance” will still debut on Paramount+ this fall.
The doc's producers, Phil and Tania Alexander, say, “Filming with him, Sharon, Aimee, Kelly and Jack for the last three and a half years will always be a cherished and remarkable experience -- largely because we got to regularly witness Ozzy’s indomitable spirit, his mischievous, irresistible grin and his masterful display of unique one-liners."
Rolling Stone reports that the documentary crew did shoot the Back to the Beginning concert earlier this month, but it's unclear if any changes would be made to the film in the wake of Ozzy's death.
The other in-the-works project is Home to Roost, a 10-part BBC series that was announced in 2022 and was to follow Ozzy and Sharon as they returned to the U.K. full-time from Los Angeles. Deadline reports that the project is up in the air even through the filmmakers had followed the Osbournes for months.
The BBC is hopeful that Home to Roost can still make it to air in some form, but it's unlikely to be the original 10-part series that was announced.
SPEAKING OF OZZY......
Judas Priest have been playing Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" right before they walk on stage during their European tour, and they posted a video of the audience singing along in Scarborough, England.