Mercury Studios have announced a ‘100-minute cinematic experience’ celebrating Ozzy’s final show and the legacy of Sabbath.
Following Villa Park’s mega celebration at the start of this month, Back To The Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow is set to hit cinemas in ‘early 2026’.
Mercury Studios have announced that a ‘100-minute cinematic experience’ will hit the big screen next year. In production right now, the plan is for the film to ‘capture the raw power and emotional weight of Ozzy’s final bow in his hometown of Birmingham’, according to a press release, as well as ‘spotlighting the music of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’. It’ll consist of a ‘distilled version’ of the Villa Park extravaganza, including performances of War Pigs, Iron Man, Children Of The Grave and Paranoid, plus ‘exclusive behind-the-scenes access and interviews’. There’s also a physical edition of the movie to follow – stay tuned for more news when we have it.
In the extensive K! review of Back To The Beginning, we summed up: “Seventy-some years ago, four men were born in this neighbourhood. As thousands make their way through its streets to go home, the impact of what they did together for a decade that ended 45 years ago is writ large. None of this, what we love, the music that followed, everyone here today, would be the same without them. For that, they deserve thanks. Even the enormity of what happened here today in giving them such a grand send-off doesn’t feel quite enough.
“It can never be enough, though. Thank you, Sabbath. We love you. And, truly, nobody played it like the four of you.”
