After Black Sabbath’s Reign Ends, Osbourne Will Lead a Life Filled

The decision to end Black Sabbath after its current reunion tour is apparently Ozzy Osbourne’s. In a telephone interview, his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, said Ozzy, who turns 51 in December, will work on his next solo album after the Sabbath tour ends, then tour on his own in the next Ozzfest.

Also on his agenda, she said, is a biographical feature film that will tell his story--not in documentary fashion with interviews and performance footage, but with actors playing all the roles.

The approach will be akin to “The Doors,” she said, minus what she calls the cliched aspects of rock ‘n’ roll films: “No tearing up a hotel room and groupies and drugs.”

And no man-bites-bat scene.

“This is more his private life than Ozzy on stage. Anybody can see him on stage by buying a home video. It’s more ‘Shine’ meets ‘Rocky,’ ” she said, with an emphasis on Ozzy as “working-class hero.”

“For the next three years, he’s booked,” Sharon Osbourne said. “And my husband isn’t going out much after that, you can take it from me.”