Ridley Scott is producing three original graphic novel series MODVILLE, HYDE and NICK

Ridley Scott is helping develop a series of three graphic novel series titled Mechanical Cake Modville, HydeAND Nick. It is explained that “Scott will lend his meticulous eye and unrivaled world-building skills to the projects.”

Modville is a sci-fi/Southern Gothic crime film involving artificially intelligent humans (“mods”) in future New Orleans.

Hyde imagine a world where By Robert Louis Stevenson “Mr. Hyde” is not dead, and instead lives beneath the streets of London where he conducts experiments on others.

Nick is a seminal story of the Yule War, steeped in arcane Norse legends.

Scott said in a statement: “Mechanical Cake is a fantastic 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.”

Tom MoranSenior vice president of development and production at Scott Free and supervisor of the joint venture with Mechanical Cake added: “Ridley and Tony Scott are known as great directors (Alien, Blade Runner, Top Gun, True Romance) but few people realize that their first true shared love of painting and art is what drove them both to filmmaking.

“For the first time in Scott Free’s history, we eagerly dive into comics as a new way to explore art and storytelling.”

Mechanical Cake involved the comic book legend Dave Elliottco-founder of Radical Comics, as editor-in-chief and has enlisted top-tier artists Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Weston, Dan Panosian, Brian Rood, Hendry PrasetyaAND Eko Puteh.

Modville Book 1 of 8, over 100 pages, drawn by Hendry Prasetya AND Eko Putehis complete and will be available for pre-order in March 2025, along with previews of the first issue of Hyde AND Nick. A preview of all three projects is available on Mechanical Cake (subscribe for future updates).