“Wuthering Heights” Movie Release, February 2026
“Wuthering Heights” is one of the greatest love stories of all time. The lead star Margot Robbie said, “Just you wait, it’s bananas, it’s great, it’s brilliant.” The much anticipated film adaptation of the Emily Bronte Gothic novel will be released Friday, February 13, 2026, Valentine’s Day Eve. Directed by Emerald Fennell and with an acclaimed cast of actors. Starring in the lead roles are Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Filming took place in Yorkshire, England and is distributed by Warner Brothers.
The “Wuthering Heights” novel set the standard for dark Gothic romance and the format for twisted ‘soap opera’ plots. The movie has gained a reputation for its steamy sexuality, intense psychological drama, cruel abuse, revenge, as well extravagant and opulent period set design and wardrobe. The story is a passionate and tumultuous romantic love triangle set against the Yorkshire moors in England. It features the intense and destructive relationship between characters Heathclif and Catherine Earnshaw.
Emily Bronte (1818- 1848) of Yorkshire, England wrote the dark, tragic, and complex Gothic novel “Wuthering Heights” about doomed love, published in 1847. In the British Victorian era, the novel was very popular but criticized for its erotic content, cruelty, violence, domestic abuse, and revenge. It challenged Victorian morality, social manners, state religion, and the aristocratic class system. Today the novel is considered a classic and one of the greatest British novels of all time. Emily’s sister Charlotte Bronte wrote the British Gothic novel “Jane Eyre”.
The character Heathcliff is one of the darkest Byronic figures in literature, a tormented soul with a passionate and destructive nature. Orphaned he is brought to Wuthering Heights manor. He is dehumanized and abused by his step-siblings and becomes bitter, cruel, and violent. In love with married Catherine, he plots revenge against her and her husband Edgar. Together Heathcliff and Catherine make the perfect Gothic couple, vampire like.
Catherine Earnshaw is also a dark character who is manipulative with a wild streak. Though a wealthy aristocrat and married to Edgar, she loves Heathcliff and gains powerful possession over him.
Cast and Crew
Director Emerald Fennell is an English actress, writer, and filmmaker. She has been awarded an Oscar, two BAFTA, and a SAG, she has been nominated for 3 Emmys and 3 Golden Globes. She is known for Saltburn, Killing Eve, Promising Young Women, Anna Karenina, The Danish Girl, and The Crown. Many of the “Wuthering Heights” cast have worked with Fennel before.
Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie, and Jacob Elordi
Australian A-list actress Margot Robbie plays the leading female role of Catherine Earnshaw. She has been nominated for 3 Oscars, 4 Golden Globes, and 6 BAFTA. She was the world’s highest paid actress in 2023. Known for The Legend of Tarzan, Suicide Squad, The Wolf of Wall Street, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Focus, Barbie, and I Tonya.
Jacob Elordi is an Australian actor who plays the leading male role of Heathcliff. He has been nominated for an Oscar, 2 BAFTA, and 2 Golden Globes. He is known for playing the monster in the recent Frankenstein movie, he played Elvis in Priscilla, as well as The Kissing Booth 1, 2, 3, Euphoria, and Saltburn.
Hong Chou is an American actress from Thailand who plays Nelly Dean. She has an Oscar nomination. She is known for The Whale, Downsizing, The Menu, Watchmen, and Homecoming. The Nelly Dean character is a house servant and narrator of the story.
Hong Chou, Alison Oliver, and Shazad Latif
British actor Shazad Latif plays Edgar Linton. He is known for Penny Dreadful, The Commuter, Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and for playing Captain Nemo in Nautilus. The Edgar Linton tragic character is a landed gentry aristocrat who marries Catherine.
Alison Oliver is an Irish actress who plays Isabelle Linton. She is known for Saltburn, Task, The Order, and Conversation With Friends. The tragic character Isabelle Linton is Edgar’s sister who elopes with Heathcliff and helps him seek revenge on Catherine and Edgar, even though Heathcliff physically abuses her.
British actor Martin Clunes plays Mr. Earnshaw, the master of the Wuthering Heights estate and Catherine’s father. Clunes is well known for performing in numerous British TV shows and mini-series. He has been awarded a BAFTA and SAG. He is known for Doc Martin, Shakespeare In Love, Saving Grace, Men Behaving Badly, Reggie Perrin, Arthur and George.
Ewan Mitchell a British who plays Joseph, a house servant. Known for The Last Kingdom, House of the Dragon, Saltburn, High Life, and The Halcyn.
Official Trailer
Watch the trailer here:
