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John Birmingham’s Axis of Time trilogy is heading to the small screen, courtesy of Occupation Rainfall’s Luke Sparke.

Deadline broke the news officially – although Sparke did answer some questions on it when we spoke to him earlier in the year here.

The trilogy of books – Weapons of Choice, Designated Targets and Final Impact – follows the consequences of an Allied fleet time travelling back to the Battle of Midway and altering the course of history with what appear to be futuristic weapons.

John Birmingham said, “I am stoked to see Luke and his crew turn this favorite, much loved story into something new and madly exciting. His Occupation films are enormous fun and his plans to blast Weapons of Choice onto the screen promise even more. More fun, more action, more head-spinning concepts and adventures. I’ve always had a movie of this series running somewhere in my head and reading his script, seeing the artwork, it was like it suddenly exploded all around me.”

“When I read John’s Weapons of Choice on its release back in 2004, I knew immediately it would make an amazing TV series,” Luke Sparke added. “That book and the subsequent trilogy became my Catcher in the Rye. When I reached out to John with my ideas, I got to work developing the first season. Five years later, we have a series that is extremely relevant and timely with everything going on in the world. There’s never been a better time to look back on our history and see how far we have come, let alone throwing our current culture 80 years back in time and see the two worlds collide. This series is very dear to my heart and will developed for the screen with loving care/”