Ghost to Release Concert Film ‘2 Big 2 Rig’ in IMAX

Ghost will release the concert film ‘2 Big 2 Rig’ in IMAX, translating the band’s elaborately staged live show to the large-format screen. The release puts an official frame around a production that has grown into a central part of the group’s identity, with stage designer Tobias Rylander overseeing its visual language for years.

In an interview published by Metal Injection, Rylander walks through the details of the show’s construction—precision lighting that shifts between cathedral stillness and arena-scale excess, set pieces that frame frontman Tobias Forge as a high-camp anti-pope, and the backstage coordination required to keep the narrative thread intact across a tour cycle. The discussion underscores how much the performance relies on design as a co-star, not a backdrop.

Rylander’s work blurs the line between rock concert and ritual theatre, a balance that Ghost has scaled carefully as the venues grew. An IMAX release pushes that further, turning an ephemeral evening into