Actor Tony Cavalero, who starred in the TV series School of Rock, has been roped in to play rocker Ozzy Osbourne in the Motley Crue biopic, The Dirt. Jeff Tremaine is directing the project based on the 2001 autobiography "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band" by band members Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, and Nikki Sixx, along with author Neil Strauss, reports varitey.com.

Rich Wilkes, Tom Kapinos and Amanda Adelson adapted the script. Osbourne broke out in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, which fired him in 1979. He then became an even bigger star in the 1980s when Motley Crue emerged. The band was formed here and released its first album, "Too Fast for Love", in 1981. Motley Crue combined hard rock, heavy metal, and glam rock, going on to sell more than 100 million albums worldwide.