Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights Trailer Has Already Divided Viewers

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi on the new poster for Wuthering HeightsThe trailer for Emerald Fennell’s new adaptation of Wuthering Heights is here, and people already have a lot of thoughts.Intrigue and speculation about the new movie – based on Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic novel – have been rife ever since it was first announced that Jacob Elordi will star as Heathcliff alongside Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw.Now, the first teaser trailer has finally been shared, all but confirming previously-held suspicions that Emerald’s follow-up to Saltburn will be less of a faithful literary adaptation, and more like an erotic thriller.Her take on Wuthering Heights will also feature original songs by Charli XCX, with a remix of her Brat cut Everything Is Romantic soundtracking the first teaser.@huffpostukWuthering Heights by Emerald Fennell and starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi has just dropped its first teaser trailer. The film will be released in the UK on 13th February 2026.♬ original sound - HuffPost UKThe departure from the source material has already ruffled some feathers, with many fans taking issue with some of the Promising Young Woman director’s stylistic choices.this is so many kinds of wrong, I don’t know where to start https://t.co/QRWiVokvVs— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) September 4, 2025There is nothing subversive about changing a genuinely subversive commentary of so many things into a rom com https://t.co/RsP6YqF82H— Jac - actually on hiatus again (@JacCooper1) September 4, 2025I haven't seen it and will withhold ultimate judgement until I have, but everything I've seen and heard, down to this trailer and even the bloody release date, make me increasingly suspicious that this will be my most hated film of all time https://t.co/RsP6YqF82H— Jac - actually on hiatus again (@JacCooper1) September 4, 2025great the pornification of everything https://t.co/XNmHFtSiKs— lynn ♤ (@startlingfigs) September 4, 2025not to be that one friend who is too woke but bleaching the class and racial otherness out of wuthering heights to sell a horny whitewashed romance genuinely pisses me off https://t.co/sh9cvwm4vv— daphne (@defneorsomethin) September 3, 2025wuthering heights starring margot robbie and jacob elordi featuring charli xcx on the soundtrack is kinda the matcha dubai chocolate labubu of film https://t.co/g49p9MI6Bz— judas 🐾 (@chappellbrina) September 3, 2025wuthering heights with 35 yo catherine, the whitewashed version of heathcliff. original music by charli xcx.emily brontë did not die for this shit.pic.twitter.com/zcMmq4EyOyhttps://t.co/s263eVNnQZ— s (@kristineswife) September 3, 2025The quotation marks around Wuthering Heights. I already know what this is about to be lol. https://t.co/WOEqDS0DEe— Carter Baizen (@rachellacroixs) September 3, 2025“wuthering heights starring margot robbieand jacob elordi with original songs by charli xcx” pic.twitter.com/um1zyHWkB7— ems 🫧 (@atotalposer) September 3, 2025HEATHCLIFF. IS. NOT. WHITE. CATHERINE. IS. NOT. BLONDE. OR. 35. https://t.co/tFEzxC7Yz5— aurora 🎠 (@lynchianbush) September 3, 2025you see what happens when you let people who were born to direct music videos make movies https://t.co/R8Qmoqyr7t— kate bushra (@ghoulhag) September 3, 2025Mom pls pick me up they're marketing wuthering heights like it's some dark romance booktok book adaptation https://t.co/infsTNnO2i— g 🥀 (@adorasroses) September 3, 2025why does it look like those weird ass tiktok videos where men are making sexual innuendos while cooking https://t.co/5nWfR723C3— w. 🐾🏒 (@chanvndler) September 4, 2025Emerald Fennell continues committing crimes against literature and cinema. https://t.co/1FQt6zwhFF— Tom Ward (@IngloriousTward) September 4, 2025At the same time, plenty of others are excited by the prospect of an entirely new take on Wuthering Heights (which has already been adapted for the big and small screen multiple times), with many film fans expressing their intrigue over the set design and gothic aesthetic.My body is ready 😭One of my favorite books, and while it has a bunch of movies made already for it, I am so excited for this one! https://t.co/kStsR3DIHV— Ari 👻💚🦇 ALMOST WEEN 🎃 (@AriBearstein) September 4, 2025the wuthering heights trailer looks good....... pic.twitter.com/GYbjWBoW3z— rebecca jennings (@rebexxxxa) September 3, 2025I want to hate sooo badly but the Wuthering Heights set design looks so beautiful and I know I’ll crumble pic.twitter.com/ERt1j0EHa2— THE fairy godmother ✨🤍 (@pradaprincess00) September 3, 2025Sorry but Wuthering Heights LOOKS stunning. pic.twitter.com/mVfjJItYO9— adam patla (@apat10) September 3, 2025There’s plenty to criticize about wuthering heights first and foremost the whitewashing of Heathcliff but I don’t understand the complaints about it not being period accurate it’s obviously super stylized and looks beautiful. Stylized period can be amazing pic.twitter.com/qqKW7OpiNP— Someone’s failed-clone’s daughter/granddaughter (@MarienneMaid) September 4, 2025YOU KNOW WHATAs a HARDCORE Wuthering Heights fan, I’m deciding (after watching the trailer) to give it a try.I feel like it’s a modern-ish period piece reimagining of the book, á la Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinnette(Also the aesthetics? IMMACULATE) pic.twitter.com/y3w0WmOQD4— Toti ❤️🔥 (@imfinllycleann) September 3, 2025Wuthering Heights looks good idgaf pic.twitter.com/K1noza0x9p— ashley rae🧘🏼♀️ (@ashleyisajoke) September 3, 2025While I do think wuthering heights discourse is somewhat valid for race element. Other nitpicks like charli and the art direction are not… like yall would hate Baz’s Romeo + Juliet if it was made today. Give those aspects a chance— alexander the ok 🇵🇸 (@alex_bohner) September 4, 2025Jacob and Margot’s casting news did receive backlash last year due to claims of “whitewashing” Heathcliff’s character – who is described as “dark-skinned” in the original books – while others found The Wolf Of Wall Street actor to be an unconvincing heroine due to the age gap between her and the teenage character. Wuthering Heights’ casting director did, however, respond to the backlash by insisting (per Deadline), that there was “no need” to be completely true to the original text.The film held its first screentest over the summer, which some viewers described as “aggressively provocative” and “deliberately unromantic”.Whether or not this is going to be another scandalous headline-making Saltburn moment, a stroke of cinematic genius, or somewhere in between, we’ll just have to wait and see.Wuthering Heights is out in cinemas on 14 February 2026.MORE FILM NEWS:This New Trailer For The 28 Years Later Sequel The Bone Temple Is Genuinely ChillingCritics Are Saying Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Is An Actual Oscars Contender Thanks To This FilmDownton Abbey: The Grand Finale Is Almost Here, But Is The New Film A Fitting Send-Off?

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