The two-hour film provides an all-access, intimate view of the rock icon’s six-year health battle
Paramount+ has announced that Ozzy: No Escape From Now, the definitive account of the rock icon’s life during the last six years, will exclusively premiere on the service on Tuesday, October 7th, in the U.S. and internationally, excluding Japan.
Directed by BAFTA Award-winning Tania Alexander, the feature-length documentary has been produced in collaboration with the Osbourne family. Alongside Ozzy and Sharon, children Aimee, Kelly and Jack Osbourne speak candidly about the late-night fall their father suffered in February 2019 and the subsequent life-changing impact of that accident, which ultimately led to him cancelling his two-and-a-half-year farewell tour.
“He was in the hospital for weeks. To fall like that and not be able to bounce back like he had in the past, and then having to cancel the tour – that was his biggest heartbreak,” says Aimee Osbourne in the film.
Detailing his numerous corrective surgeries, escalating health issues and the progressive effects of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, Ozzy: No Escape From Now delivers a brave, unvarnished and relatable portrait of a man, highlighting how Ozzy’s ongoing chronic pain impacted his mental health and informed the music he made during this period.
“At that time, the depression was so bad. [He’d] be like ‘What’s the point in even getting up? I’m not getting up. I’m not working with the physiotherapist. What’s the point?’” adds Sharon Osbourne.
The singer reveals how “Take What You Want,” his collaboration with Post Malone – instigated by Kelly and producer Andrew Watt and released in October 2019 – kick-started a new musical phase in his storied career.
“It got me out of the blues. It helped me. That was the best medicine I ever had at that point,” comments Ozzy in the film, recalling the recording of the track.
Fans are also treated to the inside story of the two albums that followed – 2020’s acclaimed Ordinary Man and 2022’s double Grammy-winning Patient Number 9, both of which contain some of the singer’s most reflective work.
“I do think that Ordinary Man is less an Ozzy Osbourne album and more a John Osbourne album,” says Jack Osbourne of the first of those albums. “There’s a lot of themes in it [where he is] processing his own life and mortality and what he’s facing.”
“I took dad to the studio every single day,” says Kelly, recalling the recording sessions. “He would go into the studio in the basement of Andrew’s house and get comfortable in this chair that Andrew bought him and it was like the magic would begin.”
Capturing Ozzy at home and in the studio, Ozzy: No Escape From Now also documents his heroic, last-minute decision to play the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in the UK in the summer of 2022 and his preparations for that performance; an exclusive soundcheck performance from his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in October 2024; and his journey to play the Back To The Beginning show at Villa Park in his hometown of Birmingham on July 5, 2025.
Ozzy: No Escape From Now was never intended as a posthumous film. However, following his death on July 22, 2025, the documentary now stands as a testament to Ozzy’s courage, wit, determination, and talent – qualities that ensure he remains a hero to millions around the world.
Alongside the Osbourne family, Ozzy: No Escape From Now also features contributions from band mates and friends that include Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Duff McKagan and Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Robert Trujillo and James Hetfield (Metallica), Billy Idol, Maynard James Keenan (Tool), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Ozzy’s longstanding guitarist Zakk Wylde, producer Andrew Watt, Billy Morrison, Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), Mike Inez (Alice In Chains) and Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), all of whom provide intimate, heartfelt perspectives on the man himself.
Ozzy: No Escape From Now is produced by UK production house Echo Velvet (It’s Showtime, Kids Like Us), in partnership with the Osbournes & MTV Entertainment Studios. The documentary is executive produced by Bruce Gillmer and Amanda Culkowski (MTV Entertainment Studios), Phil Alexander (Echo Velvet; former Editor-in-Chief, MOJO, Q, Kerrang!) and Sharon Osbourne (Sharon Osbourne Management).
