Comics2Film at Mania.com has heard rumblings that actor/producer Denzel Washington is circling the TOKYOPOP title ‘Zapt!‘.

Although TOKYOPOP is primarily know for importing Manga, ‘Zapt!’ was published in 2003 under their “American-made Manga for kids” initiative. Comic scribes Keith Giffen and Shannon Eric Denton created and wrote the book with illustrated by Armand Villavert.

‘Zapt!’ tells the comedic adventures of an ordinary boy named Armand who gets drafted into an intergalactic police force. Now he has to deal with the the day-to-day hassles of school teachers, homework and bullies, knowing that at any moment he may get transported into space for duty. The Pangalactic Order of Police (that’s right: it spells P.O.O.P.) employs kids because their instinctive nature allows them to master the alien technology that makes them superheroes. In other words, the same impulsiveness that gets Armand in trouble at school makes him a rising star in the P.O.O.P. corp.

According to our source, Washington’s interest would be as a producer, and most likely not as an actor, given that the book is mostly populated by kids and aliens. It’s also unclear as to whether or not this is for film or television and whether or not it’s live-action or animation.