News about the Skins US

"Skins" will be receiving a Yank twist.

After acquiring the rights to the Brit hit last August, MTV will now go forward with the project. Cabler has ordered 10 episodes

Shepherded by MTV senior VP Liz Gateley, "Skins" -- about a raunchy group a U.K. teens -- premiered in January 2007 and was a huge hit on Brit net E4 with a total aud of 1.2 million (a large number for U.K. series). Skein also won a BAFTA Audience Award and top drama series at the 2008 Broadcast Awards.

Similar to the original series, "Skins" will feature a mostly unknown cast. There's been no official start day of production, but the series is set to take place in Baltimore.

Created by father and son team Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, Elsley will exec produce with Charlie Pattinson and George Faber.

Canadian shingle E1 will produce with Company Pictures and Stormdog. The latter two were producers of the original series."

"I hear MTV has picked up Skins to series. The cable network has ordered 10 episodes for a U.S. version of the raunchy U.K. teen series, which has been a passion project of MTV’s senior vp series development Liz Gateley. The series is being eyed for a January launch. MTV ordered a pilot for Skins in August after Gateley pursued the rights to the British format for almost two years. Bryan Elsley, co-creator of the original series, wrote the pilot. He is executive producing the project with Charlie Pattinson and George Faber. E1 is producing the series with Company Pictures and Stormdog, the companies behind the original series.

Skins, which like the original will be written largely by teenagers, is one of two high-profile scripted pilots MTV ordered, along with Teen Wolf. A series pickup for Teen Wolf is still pending, contingent on closing the deal with rights holder MGM."

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