Wuthering Heights is Emerald Fennell's highly stylized, polarizing, and erotic reimagining of Emily Brontë's classic 1847 novel. Trading pure historical accuracy for visceral emotion and a modern aesthetic, the film dives deep into the obsessive and destructive romance that blooms on the atmospheric Yorkshire moors.
🎥 Runtime: 136 minutes (2h 16m)
📅 Release: February 2026
🎭 Genre: Drama / Romance / Period
- Title: Wuthering Heights
- Release Year: 2026
- Director: Emerald Fennell
- Producer: Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Margot Robbie
- Main Cast: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Language: English
Set against the moody and isolating backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, this bold adaptation follows the fierce and primal connection between Catherine Earnshaw (Margot Robbie) and the brooding orphan Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi). Taken in by Cathy’s father, Heathcliff quickly becomes intertwined with Cathy in a relationship that defies social norms, driven by a mutual, almost feral obsession.
When societal pressures and a desire for status lead Cathy to marry the wealthy and refined Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif), Heathcliff is driven away, only to return years later as a wealthy, polished man seeking ruthless revenge. Their forbidden passion spirals from romantic longing into an intoxicating fever dream of lust, madness, and cruelty, ultimately threatening to destroy not just each other, but everyone caught in their volatile orbit.