Magic The Gathering director Matt Johnson says MTG is "my Star Wars", even though a 2006 tour loss still scars him: "I'm never going to be a pro Magic player"

Planeswalkers in Magic: The Gathering.

On the face of it, Matt Johnson – of Blackberry and Nirvanna The Show The Band fame – might seem like an odd pick to helm a Magic: The Gathering movie.

But as he recounts in a new interview with The Big Picture, the love of MTG runs deep in his veins.