Duncan Jones, co-writer and director of Warcraft: The Beginning, talks about undertaking the big new fantasy epic in this feature written for the Herald. 

Even after the success of his first two films, distinctive sci-fi thrillers Moon (2009) and Source Code (2011), ad director-turned-filmmaker Duncan Jones was still primarily perceived and referred to as the son of David Bowie.

But with this third movie, a big-budget adaptation of the insanely popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft, the man formerly known as Zowie Bowie has a chance to really make his own mark on popular culture.

Jones’ short filmography doesn’t make him an obvious choice to helm a project on the scale of Warcraft: The Beginning, but his experience with the source material helped him land the gig.