From Warner Bros. Pictures and acclaimed filmmaker Emerald Fennell, Wuthering Heights is set to premiere internationally this February, offering audiences a bold, visceral reimagining of Emily Brontë’s iconic novel, one that leans into passion, obsession, and the kind of love that refuses to behave
Starring Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, the film revisits one of literature’s most infamous love stories through Fennell’s unmistakable lens: emotionally charged, visually sumptuous, and unapologetically intense. This is not a polite period romance, it’s a sweeping, intoxicating exploration of desire, power, and the devastation of loving without limits.
A Love Story That Refuses to Be Tamed
At its core, Wuthering Heights is a story about forbidden passion; one that begins in romance and spirals into obsession, lust, and madness. Fennell has described the novel as something that provokes a physical response, and that instinct shapes her adaptation. Rather than moralising its characters, the film allows them to exist fully in their contradictions: cruel, tender, magnetic, destructive.
Robbie’s Cathy is fierce, charismatic, and dangerously compelling; a woman whose beauty and volatility dominate every room she enters. Elordi’s Heathcliff, meanwhile, is brooding and brutal, yet achingly vulnerable: the ultimate Byronic anti-hero, reimagined for a modern audience.
Together, their chemistry fuels a love story that is as destabilising as it is unforgettable, making this an unexpectedly perfect watch for Valentine’s Month, when romance is often oversimplified.
A Prestige Cast and a World Built by Hand
The film also features an exceptional supporting cast including Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, and Ewan Mitchell, each bringing nuance and emotional weight to Brontë’s morally complex world.
Behind the camera, Fennell reunites with a best-in-class creative team. Oscar- and BAFTA-winning cinematographer Linus Sandgren shoots entirely in-camera, giving the film a tactile, almost feral beauty. Production designer Suzie Davies and costume designer Jacqueline Durran create two contrasting worlds; the wild, encroaching menace of Wuthering Heights and the refined restraint of Thrushcross Grange, where every fabric, room, and silhouette tells its own story. The result is a richly textured gothic landscape where nature, architecture, and costume mirror the characters’ inner turmoil.
Music, Modernity, and Emotional Impact
Adding to the film’s contemporary pulse is original music by Charli XCX, whose collaboration with Fennell brings a raw, modern emotional charge to this period setting. Alongside a score by composer Anthony Willis, the soundscape is designed to make audiences feel deeply and physically. Fennell has been clear about her intention: this is a cinematic experience meant for the big screen. Loud, emotional, and immersive, Wuthering Heights invites audiences to swoon, recoil, ache, and ultimately surrender to the story.
Why It Matters Now
Nearly two centuries after its publication, Wuthering Heights continues to unsettle because it refuses easy answers about love. It asks uncomfortable questions: Why do we want what destroys us? Why does passion so often arrive tangled with pain?
This February, Fennell’s adaptation reclaims romance as something feral, destabilising, and utterly human, making it one of the most anticipated cinematic releases of the season.
Watch the trailer here
Wuthering Heights premieres on the 13th of February worldwide
