Jacob Elordi Is Getting Filthy On The Moors With “Wuthering Heights”
Jacob Elordi reunites with Saltburn filmmaker Emerald Fennell for a new take on Wuthering Heights, opposite Margot Robbie. He plays Heathcliff. She plays Catherine Earnshaw. The film is set to open on 13 February 2026, timed to Valentine’s Day weekend, with Warner Bros distributing. Early coverage confirms the date, and that this version leans into Fennell’s darker style seen in Promising Young Woman and Saltburn.
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A first test screening in Dallas in early August sparked loud reactions. Multiple outlets, citing attendee reports, call the cut “aggressively provocative” and “tonally abrasive,” with sequences that push far past earlier adaptations. Descriptions include graphic sexual imagery, a grotesque execution opener, and several deliberately discomforting self-pleasure scenes. These reports originate with World of Reel and were echoed by mainstream film sites that picked up the screening chatter.
Why Elordi suits this Heathcliff.
Elordi has been building a screen persona that mixes physical presence with menace and vulnerability. As Heathcliff, that intensity matters. Test-screening write-ups say he and Robbie are compelling together, even as the film keeps emotion at a deliberate distance. The casting has drawn debate, especially around the novel’s historical descriptions of Heathcliff. The production’s casting director, Kharmel Cochrane, publicly waved off strict fidelity, saying it is “just a book,” a comment that shows the team’s comfort with bold choices.
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If you are expecting windswept romance, reports suggest something sharper and stranger. Coverage highlights surreal, transgressive details and stylised sexuality, signalling a consciously unromantic read of Emily Brontë. That creative direction mirrors the nerve Fennell showed in Saltburn. Whether you love that approach or not, it sets Elordi up for another conversation-starter. Are we ready for a Heathcliff who seduces and unsettles in the same breath.
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Expect more footage and clearer ratings guidance once the studio moves from test screenings to official marketing. Until then, the Dallas reactions have done the heavy lifting, putting Elordi back at the centre of the culture and building heat for a classic that suddenly feels risky again.
