{"id":393690,"date":"2026-03-19T19:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/393690\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:13:11","slug":"netflix-orders-enigma-variations-starring-aaron-taylor-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/393690\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Orders &#8216;Enigma Variations&#8217; Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/aaron-taylor-johnson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_aaron-taylor-johnson\" data-tag=\"aaron-taylor-johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Taylor-Johnson<\/a> (28 Years Later, Nosferatu) is set to headline in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/enigma-variations\/\" id=\"auto-tag_enigma-variations\" data-tag=\"enigma-variations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enigma Variations<\/a>, a limited series greenlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> based on Call Me By Your Name author Andr\u00e9 Aciman\u2019s bestselling novel. In the project, from television studio Media Res, he succeeds <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jeremy-allen-white\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeremy-allen-white\" data-tag=\"jeremy-allen-white\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Allen White<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/01\/jeremy-allen-white-enigma-variations-series-netflix-1236269472\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was originally attached to star<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWritten 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\u2019s an intimate yet sweeping portrait of masculinity, sexuality, and modern love\u2014and in a world of endless choices, it asks the question: will we know when we\u2019ve found the one?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLike in the book, Paul is sexually fluid as he alternates between a male and a female partner. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tShuman, 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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEnigma Variations <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/01\/jeremy-allen-white-enigma-variations-series-netflix-1236269472\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was set up at Netflix more than a year ago<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThis 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 &amp;\u00a0 Dern. Shuman is repped by UTA and HJTH. Levinson is repped by CAA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMedia 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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Taylor-Johnson (28 Years Later, Nosferatu) is set to headline in Enigma Variations, a limited series greenlighted by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[22713,18,179492,117,19,17,21459,127,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-393690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-aaron-taylor-johnson","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-enigma-variations","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-jeremy-allen-white","15":"tag-netflix","16":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116257444604645644","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}