Toronto-headquartered Boat Rocker has partnered with Don Cheadle’s L.A.-based banner This Radicle Act to develop a TV adaptation of the sci-fi comic book Mindset.

Published by Vault Comics, Mindset is created by writer Zack Kaplan and artist John J. Pearson. The story is set in the near-future in Silicon Valley where a startup inadvertently develops an app that can control people’s minds.

Kaplan is an executive producer on the project alongside Boat Rocker’s David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg and Nick Nantell, This Radicle Act’s Karyn Smith-Forge and Cheadle, and Vault’s Damian Wassel and F.J. DeSanto.

Anna Register is overseeing the adaptation for Boat Rocker, while Smith-Forge is overseeing it on behalf of This Radicle Act.

“From the moment we first came across Mindset, we were excited to dig into the deeply rich world and complex and complicated characters created by Zack and John,” said Cheadle and Smith-Forge in a joint statement. “The unique approach and subversive tone has us immediately leaning into the possibilities. We’re looking forward to partnering with Vault and Boat Rocker to further bring this vivid, thrilling and compelling story to life.”

Last month, Boat Rocker went into production in Toronto on Bet for Netflix, an adaptation of the Japanese manga Kakegurui, about students who run an underground gambling ring at an elite boarding school.

Vault Comics is represented by UTA, Industry Entertainment and Matt Sugarman at Weintraub Tobin.

Image courtesy of Boat Rocker