EXCLUSIVE: Peacock will show Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home having landed the U.S. rights to the poignant film. The NBCUniversal-owned streamer will launch the documentary on its service next week (Oct. 13).
This doc follows Ozzy and his wife Sharon as they plan their return to the UK from the U.S. and then finally make the move. Their kids, Jack and Kelly, also feature as the couple up sticks and head home.
It was produced by UK label Expectation in association with JOKS Productions. The film also chronicles the preparation for Ozzy’s huge Back To The Beginning farewell gig, as he struggles to overcome health issues in order to be able to perform. The concert featured Ozzy and the original Black Sabbath lineup as well as the likes of Metallica and Guns N’ Roses.
Osbourne died in July, aged 76. He achieved global fame having co-founded Black Sabbath, before going on to have a successful solo career. The star, once dubbed the Prince of Darkness, toured for years, living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle to the full. He was also a family man and cameras famously captured him at home with Sharon and the kids in the breakout MTV series The Osbournes.
The new film was commissioned by the BBC in the UK. It was originally destined to be a full-fledged series but ended up a single film as events played out. It went out in early October in the UK. The first title was Home To Roost, but the BBC and international title is now Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home.
Paramount+ also has an Ozzy Osbourne doc, Ozzy: No Escape From Now. The Expectation film, meanwhile, has footage and interviews with Ozzy, Sharon and family gathered over several years, and capturing the couple in reflective mood as they talk about their lives, family and relationships as they make the trans-Atlantic house move.
The film is sold internationally by Banijay Rights, which cut the U.S. deal. It’s a splashy distribution agreement days ahead of MIPCOM, the biggest TV sales market of the year, which kicks off next week in Cannes. Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home will be on the Banijay slate in Cannes, and it will be looking to close more deals on the film.
“To secure the US home for the final, inspirational chapter of Ozzy Osbourne’s life is an absolute privilege for us at Banijay Rights,” said Matt Creasey, the company’s EVP, Sales, Coproductions & Acquisitions. “We are pleased our partners at Peacock have committed to what is a deeply moving look at one of the world’s most well-known families.”