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Legendary Television has acquired the rights to the Sekret Machines novels by Tom DeLonge and A.J. Hartley.

Deadline reports that the adaptation will cover the first two novels, subtitled Chasing Shadows and A Fire Within, which follow a U.S. Air Force pilot, a British heiress, a New York journalist, and a former WWII prisoner of war as they discover the truth behind UFOs and the technology we have already gained from them.

“Sekret Machines is a non-stop action-packed conspiracy thriller, and we are thrilled to be working with Dan and Tom to bring this story to television audiences,” said Jennifer Breslow, EVP, Television & Digital Media at Legendary Television. “The novels are inspired by real events that bring to it a level of authenticity that will generate conversation and make us question everything we know.”

“My book franchise, Sekret Machines, is a result of everything I have learned, and continue to learn, about the realities of the U.S. government’s interactions with UFOs and related matters,” said DeLonge. “With an elevated, thrilling, and commercial adaptation in mind, I’m very honoured and excited to have partnered with someone as experienced and talented as Dan Farah, who produced the blockbuster adaption of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, and Legendary Entertainment, who produced the recent blockbuster adaptation of Dune. Two of my favourite modern sci-fi classics.”

“Tom and A.J.’s Sekret Machines books deliver an extremely original, gripping, epic, and sprawling thriller set around the long-standing global mystery involving UFOs, a topic I’ve been fascinated with since watching Close Encounters as a kid,” said executive producer Dan Farah. “I couldn’t put the books down and can’t wait to bring the story to the screen.”