Aaron Taylor-Johnson (28 Years Later, Nosferatu) is set to headline in Enigma Variations, a limited series greenlighted by Netflix based on Call Me By Your Name author André Aciman’s bestselling novel. In the project, from television studio Media Res, he succeeds Jeremy Allen White who was originally attached to star.

Written by Amanda Kate Shuman (The Wheel of Time) and to be directed by Oliver Hermanus (The History of Sound), Enigma Variations stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Paul, a man remade by the lovers who ignite and undo him across ten transformative years. It’s an intimate yet sweeping portrait of masculinity, sexuality, and modern love—and in a world of endless choices, it asks the question: will we know when we’ve found the one?

Like in the book, Paul is sexually fluid as he alternates between a male and a female partner.

Shuman, who serves as showrunner, executive produces alongside Hermanus as well as Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer for Media Res, Aciman and Monica Levinson (Love Story: JFK Jr. And Carolyn Bessette). Media Res is the studio.

Enigma Variations was set up at Netflix more than a year ago in a competitive situation with White attached to star and executive produce. He left the project at the end of 2025. A casting search for a replacement was launched, with Taylor-Johnson entering negations soon thereafter.

This marks the American series debut for English actor Taylor-Johnson who has several movies coming up, Werwulf, Blood On Snow and Cry To Heaven. He is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, WME and Sloan Offer Weber &  Dern. Shuman is repped by UTA and HJTH. Levinson is repped by CAA.

Media Res has coming up Season 5 of The Morning Show for Apple TV; The Miniature Wife, starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen, for Peacock; The Dealer, starring Jessica Chastain and Adam Driver, for Apple TV; The Chain for HBO; and drama pilot Durango for Hulu.