In April 2015, it was reported that a film adaptation of Sharon Draper's novel Out of My Mind was in development at EveryWhere Studios and Gotham Group. In May 2022, it was reported that the film was in development for Disney+ by Disney Branded Television with Daniel Stiepleman as screenwriter, Amber Sealey as director and Phoebe-Rae Taylor set to star. In July 2022, Rosemarie DeWitt, Luke Kirby and Judith Light was cast in the leading roles alongside Taylor. Production began in Toronto later that month. It is one of the last films to be produced by Participant before the company was shuttered on April 16, 2024.