Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi lead the provocative Saltburn director’s unconventional adaptation of the novel
The first trailer for Emerald Fennell’s new take on Wuthering Heights promises a more erotically charged take on the classic Emily Brontë novel.
Fennell, who won an Oscar for her screenplay for Promising Young Woman, directs Australian actors Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff. The supporting cast includes Hong Chau, Martin Clunes and the Adolescence breakout star Owen Cooper.
The project started a bidding war in 2024 after Fennell’s second film, Saltburn, overcame divisive reviews and poor box office to become a hit on Amazon Prime. Netflix reportedly offered $150m but the deal was won by Warner Bros, who paid just $80m, with both Fennell and Robbie expressing their desire for a theatrical release.
Last month saw reports that the film received mixed reactions from an early test screening. Early viewers allegedly called it “aggressively provocative and tonally abrasive” with one scene of a public hanging in which the “condemned man ejaculates mid-execution”.
