Having worked as a concept designer on Duncan Jones’
Moon, filmmaker Gavin Rothery has pedigree when it comes to independent sci-fi movies whose small budgets don’t necessarily equate to small ambitions. Rothery is about to release his directorial debut feature,
Archive – a near-future tale of robotics and grief, in which Theo James’ engineer George hopes to create an artificial intelligence based on his late wife, working through various robo-iterations to create something near-human.
Speaking to
Empire in the new
Mandalorian issue – on sale Wednesday 23 December, and available to pre-order online now – Rothery explained why he opted for practical effects when it came to