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Warner Bros Picks Up Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi’s ‘Wuthering Heights’

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Warner Bros. Movement Photos Group has received the function movie adaptation bundle of Saltburn filmmaker’s Emerald Fennell tackle Wuthering Heights.

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are connected to star within the function undertaking, which hails from MRC and generated intense curiosity from streamers and studios and a bidding battle. Warners received out partially resulting from its dedication to launching Heights theatrically worldwide.

“We’re thrilled to accomplice with MRC, Emerald Fennell, and LuckyChap for this function movie adaptation of Wuthering Heights,” mentioned Warner Bros. Movement Image Group’s Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy in an announcement. “From the second we had been launched to Emerald’s imaginative and prescient for the movie, and with an unimaginable forged led by Margot and Jacob, we had been immediately dedicated to forging a partnership with this crew to make sure the film was delivered to theaters around the globe.”

MRC is financing the undertaking, with LuckyChap, the banner run by Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara and is predicated at Warners, producing. Fennell wrote the script and can direct and in addition produce.

Adapting the celebrated novel by Emily Brontë, the bundle sees Robbie enjoying Catherine Earnshaw, whereas Elordi will painting Heathcliff. First revealed in 1847, the guide facilities on the tempestuous relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff that encompasses ardour and revenge after they meet whereas residing on the eponymous residence.

“From our first conversations with Emerald about Wuthering Heights, we had been impressed by her imaginative and prescient to make one thing that channels the longing and heartache of the novel whereas including her distinctive sensibility and exquisite aesthetic,” MRC executives Brye Adler and Jonathan Golfman enthused. “We’re thrilled to accomplice with Warner Brothers and our buddies at LuckyChap to assist deliver Emerald’s movie to audiences around the globe.”

The deal brings a number of gamers again collectively. Wuthering Heights marks the second collaboration between MRC, LuckyChap and Fennell, after Saltburn, the buzzy drama during which Elordi starred and streamed on Amazon. And it’s the third collaboration between LuckyChap and Fennell, who first teamed up with one other buzzy drama, 2020’s Promising Younger Girl. That film netted Fennell a finest screenplay Oscar and and racked up 5 Oscar nominations.

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Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi to Star in Fennell Film

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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to star in Emerald Fennell‘s characteristic adaptation of Wuthering Heights, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

MRC has tapped LuckyChap Leisure to supply the movie that’s based mostly on writer Emily Brontë’s basic novel of the identical title. Fennell is writing, directing and producing the challenge that’s presently in preproduction and getting ready to shoot within the U.Ok. later this yr.

Robbie is ready to play Catherine Earnshaw, whereas Elordi will painting Heathcliff. First printed in 1847, the e book facilities on the tempestuous relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff that encompasses ardour and revenge after they meet whereas dwelling on the eponymous residence.

THR reported in July that Fennell was set to direct an adaptation of Wuthering Heights as her subsequent characteristic.

Wuthering Heights marks Fennell’s third collaboration with LuckyChap, which Robbie runs with Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara. LuckyChap additionally produced Fennell’s earlier movies Promising Younger Girl (2020) and Saltburn (2023). Promising Younger Girl was nominated for 5 Oscars, notching a win for Fennell’s screenplay.

After main final yr’s blockbuster smash Barbie, Robbie can subsequent be seen reverse Colin Farrell in director Kogonada’s A Huge Daring Lovely Journey, which Sony Photos is ready to launch in spring of 2025.

Elordi, recognized for tasks together with Saltburn and Euphoria, is ready to star within the forthcoming Prime Video collection The Slender Highway to the Deep North and in Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix film Frankenstein.

There have been quite a few display variations of Wuthering Heights, together with director William Wyler’s 1939 model that starred Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon and was nominated for finest image. Newer variations embody Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley starring in a 2009 miniseries for ITV, whereas a 2011 characteristic starred Kaya Scodelario and James Howson.

Robbie is represented by Leisure 360, CAA, Aran Michael Administration, lawyer Jeff Bernstein and Narrative. Elordi is repped by Gersh. Fennell is repped by UTA and Leisure 360.

Deadline was first to report the Wuthering Heights castings.