Two graphic novel production companies, Scott Free (film and television production vehicle of Ridley Scott) and Mechanical Cake are coming up with three new original graphic novel series: Modville, Hyde, and Nick. These series will be headed by comic book legend Dave Elliott, co-founder of Radical Comics, and top-tier artists Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Weston, Dan Panosian, Brian Rood, and Hendry Prasetya.
Joining the project will be film director Ridley Scott, who, according to Jesse Negron, CEO of Mechanical Cake “will lend his meticulous eye and unmatched world-building skills to the projects.”
Tom Moran, Senior VP of Development & Production at Scott Free and overseer of the joint venture with Mechanical Cake added, “Ridley and Tony Scott are known as great filmmakers (Alien, Blade Runner, Top Gun, True Romance ) but few people realize their shared first true love of painting and art is what drove both of them into filmmaking. For the first time in Scott Free’s history, we are excitedly diving into comics as a new way to explore art and storytelling.”
Commenting on his involvement in this project, Ridley Scott said, “Mechanical Cake is a terrific company. They understand the art of graphic novels. As an artist and painter, these projects are exciting to me, and I look forward to collaborating with Jesse, Tom, Dave, and the Mechanical Cake team.”
Modville is a Sci-Fi/Southern Gothic crime drama involving AI humans (“mods”) in future New Orleans. Hyde imagines a world where Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Mr. Hyde” did not die, and instead lives beneath the streets of London where he conducts experiments on others. Nick is a foundational Yule war story, steeped within the arcane Norse legends.
Does the idea of a Ridley Scott graphic novel interest you?
