Tony Iommi has agreed to a deal where a series of horror movies will be produced under the Black Sabbath name.
Ordinarily I’d call this a normal licensing money grab, which is standard issue for most successful bands. (There are reasons that ‘sellout’ is an insult, and bad movie licensing decisions have their place in the list.)
But this sounds like it might have some potential; it’s got a little more meat to it than just slapping the band’s name on it and capitalizing on their reputation. Iommi will also be working on the musical score for the films. I’d actually be interested to hear what he comes up with. He’s a gifted musician, and often times when rock stars take on movie projects they stretch their comfort zones a bit and produce surprising results.
I’m not a big horror fan, but I will be interested in hearing any soundtrack music released from these.