"From Edna Clarke Hall and Sylvia Plath to Kate Bush and Lily Cole, Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë's brooding 1847 novel about destructive love - has long captivated readers and creatives alike. On February 13, 2026, the latest film adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, from award-winning writer, director, and producer Emerald Fennell, will reintroduce the classic 19th-century Gothic tale to the masses once more."
"Still, it endured, haunting public consciousness well into the 21st century. First coming to celluloid in a 1920's silent film, versions throughout the decades have cast Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier (1939), Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche (1992) among many others, each attempting to capture the novel's most jaw-dropping moments: cruelty and lust for revenge; bitter grief and unrealised longing; acrid betrayals of self, of loved ones, and the intricate remorse and contempt each elicits."
Emerald Fennell's film adaptation of Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, is scheduled for release on February 13, 2026. The production was filmed on the windy heaths and heather moorlands of West Yorkshire, reflecting Emily Brontë's deep connection to that landscape. Emily Brontë's 1847 Gothic novel depicts destructive love, cruelty, revenge, bitter grief, unrealised longing, betrayal, remorse, and contempt. Contemporary reaction to the original publication was hostile, with critics in January 1848 claiming no character was not utterly hateful or contemptible. Despite early condemnation, the novel endured and has been repeatedly adapted for film across decades.
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