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Which wild project will gather Charli xcx, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’?
After the provocative Saltburn, director Emerald Fennell is now adapting Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, gathering the bankable, yet irresistibly alluring duo Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi on set. Numéro takes a closer look at one of today’s most exciting projects.
By Violaine Schütz.
Published on 7 November 2025. Updated on 18 November 2025.
A soundtrack composed by Charli xcx
This is arguably the most desirable casting of the moment. After sharing the screen on a Chanel N°5 campaign, two of the most bankable actors meet again in a film adaptation of the novel Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Brontë. Indeed, Hollywood’s darlings Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) and Margot Robbie (Barbie) will respectively portray Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshow.
Starring actors Hong Chau (The Whale), Alison Oliver (Saltburn) and Shazad Latif (What’s love got to do with it, Nautilus), Wuthering Heights is slated for release in February 2026. Besides, singer Charli xcx will be in charge of crafting new songs for the soundtrack of the film. One track featuring musician John Cale will be released on November 10th, 2025.
Wuthering Heights gathers Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi
A specific name adds another layer of excitement surrounding the project – British actress, writer and Oscar-winner director Emerald Fennell is set to direct the film adaptation of the cult novel. She worked on the provocative Saltburn, starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi, as well as on Promising Young Woman with Carey Mulligan. Once again, the director takes her audience by surprise and makes the headlines. Especially since the themes tackled in the book leave no one indifferent.
Drawing its inspiration from gothic literature, the story is thus taking place in England, in the wild landscapes of Yorkshire. It talks about complicated love, unwavering passion, strong family quarrels and revenge. One reason for the novel’s popularity is its accurate depiction of intense interactions blending with the gloomy scenery – remote moorlands, covered with heather and tested by the wind. The name Heathcliff indeed comes for “cliff of the heath”.
Saltburn’s director Emerald Fennell dives into Emily Brontë’s universe
Emily Brontë‘s only novel published in 1847 under a fake name is considered as one of the most romantic stories of all time, telling the journey of Heathcliff, an orphan adopted by the Earnshaw family.
He falls in love with Catherine, the Earnshaw’s daughter, which triggers the hate of the family’s son, who abuses him. The young woman is in love with him too, but is about to marry a wealthy man. She decides to leave the house to ease tension. Devastated, Heathcliff leaves as well, but hasn’t said his final word…
Wuthering Heights, a shocking film?
The transgressive, dark and violent themes tackled by the novel shocked readers at the time it was published. The tormented love between the two protagonists (played by Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi) will eventually lead Catherine to madness and Healthcliff to sink into alcohol. Such woes that could perhaps earn the two actors a nomination at the Oscars.
As of today, Wuthering Heights and its suggestive trailer already are already making waves. Negative reviews rose on social media after a leak of photos taken on the set, showing Margot Robbie in a wedding dress that doesn’t match the time period.
Emily Brontë’s fans disagree with the casting choice. To them, Margot Robbie is too old for that role and Jacob Elordi’s features are the opposite of the Heathcliff’s dark skin depicted in the novel. Moreover, the film promises to be very sexual and graphic with male genitals shown on screen. Right after Saltburn, the director still wants to shock us…
Wuthering Heights by Emerald Fennell, coming out in theatres on February 11th, 2026.
