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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Oct 11, 2015 6:37 PM UTC  George R.R. Martin attends HBO's "Game of Thrones" Season 5 Premiere and After Party at the San Francisco Opera House on March 23, 2015 in San Francisco, Calif. George R.R. Martin attends HBO's "Game of Thrones" Season 5 Premiere and After Party at the San Francisco Opera House on March 23, 2015 in San Francisco, Calif.Jeff Kravitz—Getty Images by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Oct 11, 2015 6:37 PM UTC Another George R.R. Martin series could find its way to cable. Cinemax has ordered a pilot script for the _Game of Thrones_ author’s werewolf novella _The Skin Trade_. Kalinda Vazquez (co-executive producer of _Once Upon a Time_) will adapt Martin’s work, which focuses on a young detective investigating a string of brutal murders in her small town (the victims are skinned). Martin wrote _The Skin Trade_ in the 1980s, and it was first published alongside work by Stephen King and Dan Simmons in the horror anthology _Night Visions 5_. Martin [confirmed the news on his blog](http://grrm.livejournal.com/448800.html). “I have always thought there was a TV series (or maybe a feature film) in Willie Flambeaux and Randi Wade,” Martin wrote, referencing the main characters. “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 L.A. for a round of pitch meetings. So we’re a few decades late…” The author cautioned that Cinemax only ordered the pilot script, and that it wasn’t a guarantee _The Skin Trade_ would wind up on the air. But he’s impressed with Vazquez, who will also produce the show if it moves forward as a series. “That was not an easy choice,” Martin said of picking Vasquez for _The Skin Trade_. “Cinemax and my agents set me up for meetings with close to a dozen different TV writers, many of them very impressive, but Kalinda’s take on the story and the characters blew me away. She loves the story and the world, and really seems to get Willie and Randi, and her pitch to Cinemax was one of the most polished and professional I’ve ever heard. I love her enthusiasm, and look forward to working with her.” As for why Martin himself won’t handle the adaptation, there’s the little matter of _Game of Thrones_. “I have this book to finish,” he wrote of _The Winds of Winter_, the forthcoming sixth _Thrones_ entry. “You know the one.” [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/11/george-rr-martin-skin-trade-cinemax) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4069428/george-r-r-martin-werewolf-cinemax/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4069428/george-r-r-martin-werewolf-cinemax/"},"headline":"George R.R. 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