Wuthering Heights Director Aims to Turn Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi Adaptation Into This Generation's Titanic

Emerald Fennell is not aiming small with Wuthering Heights. According to Margot Robbie, who stars in it, Fennell wants the whole thing to hit like a cultural thunderclap, not just another handsome literary adaptation quietly collecting dust on syllabi.

Robbie told Vogue the project is treating Emily Bronte's classic as both a big romantic spectacle and a gut punch. And then she shared Fennell's goal in a way that pretty much says it all:

"I want this to be this generation's Titanic. I went to the cinema to watch Romeo & Juliet eight times and I was on the ground crying when I wasn't allowed to go back for a ninth. I want it to be that."

Not exactly a modest target. For context: Baz Luhrmann's 1996 Romeo + Juliet was the teen-heartquake of its moment, and James Cameron's Titanic basically turned the whole world into a single sobbing audience for Jack and Rose on a doomed ship. Both are star-crossed, sweep-you-up romances. Wuthering Heights has that same volcanic DNA built in, so Fennell pushing for that level of swoon and devastation actually tracks.

Who is playing who

• Margot Robbie as Cathy
• Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff
• Shazad Latif as Edgar Linton
• Alison Oliver as Isabella Linton
• Charlotte Mellington as Young Cathy
• Owen Cooper as Young Heathcliff

Charli XCX is on board with original music, which tells you the vibe isn't going to be stuffy corsets-only. Expect a pulse.

What this version is doing

It is adapted from Emily Bronte's Gothic novel, the one about Cathy and Heathcliff's forbidden, obsessive bond and the fallout that ripples through their families over generations. The film is being pitched as a bold, original spin that starts as a romance and slides into something intoxicating and unhinged — an epic swirl of desire, love, and madness rather than a polite period piece.

Release date

Wuthering Heights hits theaters on February 14, 2026.