Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 38
Entertainment Desk: Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter Emerald Fennell is set to bring her unique vision to Emily Brontë’s classic novel “Wuthering Heights”, with a star-studded cast led by Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.
Robbie, an Academy Award nominee, will take on the role of Catherine Earnshaw, while BAFTA nominee Elordi will portray Heathcliff.
Produced by MRC, the film is slated to begin shooting in the UK in 2025, with LuckyChap, the production company co-founded by Robbie, on board as a producer. .
Emerald Fennell announced her adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” earlier this year, sharing a teaser graphic with a haunting quote from the novel: “Be with me always – Take any form – Drive me mad.”
With Robbie and Elordi joining the cast, “Wuthering Heights” reunites several key players from “Saltburn”, including Fennell herself. The ensemble could potentially expand, with “Saltburn” star Barry Keoghan expressing interest in working with Fennell again.
Robbie, who has produced both of Fennell’s previous films, has praised the director’s distinctive style. “Emerald immerses you into a world so quickly. She’s so masterful at tone and plot,” Robbie said in an interview earlier this year.
Fans of both Robbie and Fennell have long been waiting to see the actress in front of the camera in one of Fennell’s projects.
