Jeffrey Eugenides’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about immigration, the American Dream, family, genetics, and gender identity may finally be coming to the screen. According to Variety, Paramount Television Studios has obtained the television rights to Eugenides’ “Middlesex” “in a competitive situation.” Sam Taylor-Johnson (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) has been tapped to direct the adaptation.

“Middlesex” is primarily the story of Calliope “Cal” Stephanides. Cal recounts his childhood, being raised as a girl, his discovery that he is actually an intersex man, and his exploration of his gender identity. He also traces his grandparents’ escape from the Greco-Turkish War and subsequent journey to America, his parents’ upbringing, and how a genetic mutation, passed down through the generations, impacted all their lives.

Published in 2002, “Middlesex” has gone on to sell over four million copies. HBO previously had plans to adapt it as a series.

No word on a network or platform for Taylor-Johnson’s “Middlesex” series yet, but David Manson (“Ozark”) will pen the project.

This marks the second screen adaptation of a Eugenides title. Sofia Coppola made her feature directorial debut with “The Virgin Suicides,” based on the author’s first novel. Both the film and book focus on the deaths of five sheltered sisters, as remembered by the boys in their neighborhood.

Taylor-Johnson’s “Fifty Shades of Grey” is one of the highest-grossing woman-directed films at the domestic box office. The erotic romance netted over $569 million worldwide, with a budget of $40 million. A three-time BAFTA nominee, Taylor-Johnson’s other credits include “Nowhere Boy,” “A Million Little Pieces,” and episodes of Netflix’s “Gypsy.”