{"id":112536,"date":"2025-09-03T22:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/112536\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T22:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:26:07","slug":"wuthering-heights-first-trailer-for-emerald-fennells-erotic-adaptation-emerald-fennell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/112536\/","title":{"rendered":"Wuthering Heights: first trailer for Emerald Fennell\u2019s erotic adaptation | Emerald Fennell"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first trailer for Emerald Fennell\u2019s new take on Wuthering Heights<\/a> promises a more erotically charged take on the classic Emily Bront\u00eb novel.<\/p>\n

Fennell, who won an Oscar for her screenplay for Promising Young Woman, directs Australian actors Margot Robbie<\/a> and Jacob Elordi as Catherine and Heathcliff. The supporting cast includes Hong Chau, Martin Clunes and the Adolescence breakout star Owen Cooper.<\/p>\n

The project started a bidding war in 2024 after Fennell\u2019s second film, Saltburn, overcame divisive reviews and poor box office to become a hit on Amazon Prime. Netflix reportedly offered $150m but the deal was won by Warner Bros, who paid just $80m, with both Fennell and Robbie expressing their desire for a theatrical release.<\/p>\n

Last month saw reports<\/a> that the film received mixed reactions from an early test screening. Early viewers allegedly called it \u201caggressively provocative and tonally abrasive\u201d with one scene of a public hanging in which the \u201ccondemned man ejaculates mid-execution\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This week also saw billboards<\/a> go up in major UK and US cities teasing the release with provocative imagery and the tagline used in the trailer: \u201cdrive me mad\u201d.<\/p>\n

Robbie is coming off the back of smash hit Barbie and will be seen later this month opposite Colin Farrell in the fantasy A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Elordi, who gained fame on TV\u2019s Euphoria, has since starred in Priscilla and On Swift Horses and will next be seen in Guillermo del Toro\u2019s Frankenstein.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Elordi spoke about Wuthering Heights in an interview with Deadline<\/a>. \u201cThe performances from everyone \u2013 it\u2019s breathtaking,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible romance. It\u2019s a true epic. It\u2019s visually beautiful. The script is beautiful. The costumes are incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The choice to cast Elordi has already led to a backlash, with many fans of the novel pointing out that Heathcliff is described as having dark skin. The casting director, Karmel Cochrane, defended the decision earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was one Instagram comment that said the casting director should be shot,\u201d she said. \u201cBut just wait till you see it, and then you can decide whether you want to shoot me or not. But you really don\u2019t need to be accurate. It\u2019s just a book. That is not based on real life. It\u2019s all art.\u201d<\/p>\n

The novel has seem numerous adaptations over the years, including William Wyler\u2019s 1939 film and Andrea Arnold\u2019s 2011 version.<\/p>\n

The film will be released on Valentine\u2019s Day next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first trailer for Emerald Fennell\u2019s new take on Wuthering Heights promises a more erotically charged take on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-112536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}