The man who brought us "Game of Thrones" has a new TV series in the works. George R.R. Martin plans to executive-produce a werewolf crime procedural for US TV network Cinemax based on "Skin Trade," a novella he wrote in 1988.

"Skin Trade" -- which originally appeared in the horror anthology "Night Visions 5" -- is about a debt collector named Willie Flambeaux who uncovers a series of mysterious murders with the help of his private-investigator pal Randi Wade. It has all the hallmarks of a typical crime procedural, but there's a twist: Flambeaux is also a werewolf.

"I have always thought there was a TV series (or maybe a feature film) in Willie Flambeaux and Randi Wade," Martin wrote on his blog over the weekend. "Those of you who know the story of 'Doorways,' my ill-fated ABC pilot from the early 90s, may even recall that it was 'Skin Trade' that I was actually trying to sell back in 1991, when I flew out to LA for a round of pitch meetings. So we're a few decades late..."

"Skin Trade" won the World Fantasy Award the year it was published. It's also been made into a comic book series adapted by writer Daniel Abraham and with art from Mike Wolfer.

Martin handpicked writer and producer Kalinda Vazquez ("Once Upon a Time") to pen the TV pilot and produce "Skin Trade" if it's picked up for a full series by Cinemax.
http://www.cnet.com/news/george-r-r-...emax-tv-pilot/
http://grrm.livejournal.com/448800.html

George isn't writing the pilot because he has a book to finish.