Wuthering Heights (2026 film)

Wuthering Heights is an upcoming Gothic psychological drama film written, directed, and produced by Emerald Fennell based on the 1847 novel by Emily Brontë. It stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi and is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on February 13, 2026.

Wuthering Heights
Directed by	Emerald Fennell
Screenplay by	Emerald Fennell
Based on	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Produced by	Emerald Fennell Margot Robbie
Starring	Margot Robbie Jacob Elordi Shazad Latif Hong Chau Alison Oliver
Cinematography	Linus Sandgren
Production companies	Warner Bros. Pictures MRC LuckyChap Entertainment Lie Still
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	February 13, 2026 (2026-02-13)
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

Cast

• Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw
  • Charlotte Mellington as Young Catherine
• Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff
  • Owen Cooper as Young Heathcliff
• Shazad Latif as Edgar Linton
• Hong Chau as Nelly Dean
  • Vy Nguyen as Young Nelly
• Alison Oliver as Isabella Linton

Production

Director Emerald Fennell (left) and actress Margot Robbie also produced the film.

In July 2024, filmmaker Emerald Fennell announced she would write and direct an adaptation of Wuthering Heights.^[1] In September 2024, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi were cast as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, respectively, with Robbie also producing under her label LuckyChap Entertainment. Robbie previously produced Fennell's Promising Young Woman (2020) and Saltburn (2023), the latter of which starred Elordi.^[2]

A bidding war in October led Netflix to bid $150 million for the distribution rights.^[3] Warner Bros. Pictures, with whom LuckyChap has a first-look deal and made Barbie (2023), ultimately won the rights with a significantly lower offer of $80 million after granting Fennell and Robbie's wishes for the film to have a theatrical release and a significant marketing campaign.^[4][5]

Elordi had been contemplating taking a hiatus from acting before Fennell offered him the lead role without having to audition.^[6] The decision to cast a white actor as the racially ambiguous Heathcliff, described as "dark-skinned" in the novel, sparked some controversy.^[7] In November 2024, Hong Chau, Alison Oliver (who starred in Saltburn), and Shazad Latif joined the cast.^[8] In March 2025, Charlotte Mellington, Owen Cooper, and Vy Nguyen (all three making their film debuts) were announced as playing young Catherine, Heathcliff, and Nelly.^[9]

Principal photography took place in the United Kingdom from late January to early April 2025. Filming occurred at Sky Studios Elstree, with location shooting in the Yorkshire Dales including the valleys of Arkengarthdale and Swaledale, the village of Low Row, and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.^[10][11] Linus Sandgren was the cinematographer.^[12]

Release

Wuthering Heights is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 13, 2026.^[13]