A new, original graphic novel series called HYDE is being set up by a three-way partnership that includes Johnny Depp, Ridley Scott and Jesse Negron’s Mechanical Cake.
Developed initially by Negron as a 2-volume graphic novel series, HYDE picks up Mr. Hyde’s story from the Robert Louis Stevenson novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and imagines a world where Mr. Hyde has defeated Jekyll. Now unencumbered by interruptions from his alter ego, Hyde can finally freely explore his dark tendencies with uninhibited abandon.
In this new series, Mr. Hyde would be in his new domain, the sewers beneath London, where he experiments on others, using the corrupting serum to create even more “Hydes.” Each volume in the series will contain two chapters with over two hundred pages. Johnny Depp will have input on all aspects of the property and create the character of Hyde.
“To build within the world of Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterful characters and to be welcomed into the vision of Ridley Scott… and inexplicably having the opportunity to explore.” Depp ponders. “It’s surprising to me. And hopefully surprising to him. It’s insane and beautiful to receive that trust from Ridley. A master.”
“This is an incredible opportunity to build a studio-level project that goes directly from the creators to the audience, with no filters in between,” said HYDE creator Negron.
The series is written by Jesse Negron and Joe Matsumoto, edited by comic book veteran Dave Elliott, and drawn by legendary artists Gary Erskine and Chris Weston. Scott Free Senior VP Tom Moran, COO Infinitum Nihil Jason Forman, and Mechanical Cake CFO Tom Sanders will oversee the partnership.
Scott Free is also collaborating with Mechanical Cake on two other graphic novels, the sci-fi crime drama Modville and the Norse war tale Nick.
