Ghost’s feature-length film, “Rite Here Rite Now,” which combines never-before-seen 2023 concert footage of the band with a narrative story that picks up plot threads from the band’s long-running “Chapters” series, will launch in cinemas globally on June 20 and 22, 2024.
“Over a decade ago, when Ghost got signed to Loma Vista, Tom Whalley (owner and CEO) asked what the story of the band was,” Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge said. “He felt telling a story was vital in order to get new fans engaged. I said that because we were a new ‘baby’ band and more importantly we were an anonymous baby band, there wasn’t really a compelling story to tell. Not yet anyway. But I told him that if he wanted a story, I could come up with one. This film is the fruit of that conversation.”
Shot over the course of Ghost’s two sold-out shows at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, “Rite Here Rite Now” fully immerses viewers in the technicolor melodrama of the live ritual that has helped to propel Sweden’s foremost theatrical rock export to Grammy-winning, chart-topping, arena-headlining status the world over.
Directed by Forge and Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell), “Rite Here Rite Now” is, however, so much more than a concert movie. Ghost’s debut feature film combines live performance from the two-night finale of the band’s Re-Imperatour U.S.A. 2023 with a narrative story that picks up plot threads from the band’s long-running online video series. The film features live renditions of favorites from all five of Ghost’s albums, as well as the RIAA platinum-certified “Mary on a Cross” interwoven with the silver screen debuts of a few faces familiar to the band’s legions of fans—all interacting behind the scenes with Ghost’s Papa Emeritus IV, as his future and fate lay in the hands of the Ministry.
“Collaborating with Tobias to expand the saga of Ghost into a feature film has been a wicked delight,” Perry said. “This movie allowed us to be inspired by everything from silent horror to ‘The Great Rock n’ Roll Swindle,’ from Ralph Bakshi to KISS ‘Alive II.’ The influences were many, but above all, the ultimate goal was to make a one-of-a-kind feast not only for Ghost fans, but all lovers of the cinematic alchemy between rock spectacle and spooky delights.”
The original motion picture soundtrack to “Rite Here Rite Now” will be released via Loma Vista Recordings. The pre-order launch and additional details will complement the film’s cinema on-sale date of May 9.
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“Rite Here Rite Now” is produced by Popecorn Cinematic Pictures. Producers include Kristen Mulderig, Rick Sales, Craig Butta and Jonas Åkerlund.
