This past weekend Jesse Negron (Mechanical Cake), Tom Moran (Scott Free), Dave Elliott (Mechanical Cake), and Anthony Francisco (senior visual development artist for Marvel Studios) discussed what is on the horizon for Mechanical Cake and Scott Free, starting with their debut graphic novel, Modville, Ridley Scott’s first foray into graphic novels. Modville is a sci-fi Southern Gothic crime drama with AI humans in future New Orleans. Book 1 of Modville is written by Jesse Negron and drawn by Hendry Prasetya and Eko Puteh.
Modville will be a hard-back 4 volume graphic novel series with over 200 pages in each volume. The first volume will be available in two months, and will first be released as a limited edition, Deluxe version. A sneak peek is available at Mechanical Cake (sign up for future updates) www.mechanicalcake.com
Find concept art at www.mechanicalcake.com/modvilleconceptart
“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.” – Ridley Scott
An article discussing the project appears in the LA Times. www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-03-28/ridley-scott-comic-book-modville-wondercon
“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.” – Tom Moran, Senior VP Development & Production at Scott Free
Mechanical Cake, headquartered in Los Angeles, is a production company formed in 2015 by Jesse Negron (CEO) and Tom Sanders (COO) to pursue the creation, acquisition, and development of breakthrough intellectual properties. Their mission is “Don’t worry about pleasing any of the people any of the time.”
Images and videos courtesy of Mechanical Cake.