Lust, madness and plenty of steam on the moors between Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi is what is promised by Warner Bros. latest remake – Emeral Fennell’s “bold and original imagining” of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. The film will be heading into cinemas on February 13, 2026, just in time for those looking for something hot and heavy for Valentine’s Day. Aww, sweet.
In the new take on the classic 19th century novel, Robbie plays Catherine Earnshawn, while Elordi, fresh off his success in a very different tale of madness and obsession, Frankenstein, will be playing the enigmatic Heathcliff. The last time Elordi teamed up with filmmaker Fennell, the result was the bathtub-licking good Saltburn, so it may be safe to expect something very different from the text of Bronte’s novel in this adaptation. The full synopsis of the movie reads:
“A bold and original imagining of one of the greatest love stories of all time, the movie follows Cathy and Heathcliff, whose forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to intoxicating in an epic tale of lust, love, and madness.”
You can check out the new full trailer for the movie below.
‘Wuthering Heights’ Has Had Some Rough Test Screenings
Emerald Fennell certainly caught attention with Saltburn, and it seems likely that her take on Wuthering Heights will be another movie that gets people talking…for one reason or another. Back in August, it was reported that test screenings had been “polarizing.” Although such reports are to be taken with a grain of salt, it was suggested that the film’s “hyper-sexualized imagery” in particular caused some “signs of physical discomfort among audiences.” It seems this is not the TV movie version your old nan used to talk about.
Other comments to have come from said screenings continued along the same trend. One person called the movie “aggressively provocative and tonally abrasive,” and suggested that Fennell’s “brand of stylized depravity” is very much the name of the game again. The particularly brutal note continued:
“It’s a deliberately unromantic take on Bronte’s novel, stripped of emotional nuance and full of salacious detours that serve shock value.”
Perhaps this is not one for the fans Robbie gained from her turn as Barbie then. Instead, it looks like the audiences that lapped up (sorry, not sorry) Saltburn will once again find something to entice them into cinemas with this very different take on this classic story.
- Release Date
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February 13, 2026
- Director
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Emerald Fennell
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Emerald Fennell