Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to ignite screens in director Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights, with the first trailer showcasing a sultry reimagining of the timeless tale. Shirtless Jacob Elordi, knuckles in greasy dough, suggestive finger-tracing — it’s enough to make any pulse quicken.
Elordi’s Heathcliff delivers the provocative line, “I can follow you like a dog to the end of the world,” setting the tone for what appears to be an intensely passionate adaptation.
Fennell’s vision includes plenty of provocative imagery, all suggesting the film will embrace the intensity of Brontë’s original work. The tagline “Drive me mad” punctuates the trailer between glimpses of the pair’s all-consuming romance.
The soundtrack choice proves particularly inspired, featuring Charli XCX’s “Everything Is Romantic” throughout the teaser. The British pop star has confirmed her involvement extends beyond this single track, revealing on Instagram that she’s contributing multiple original songs to the film’s score.
“New original songs by me for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi,” Charli XCX wrote. “In theatres February 14th. Happy early Valentine’s.”
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Fennell, known for her provocative directorial work, seems perfectly positioned to bring a contemporary edge to the Victorian romance.
The addition of Charli XCX’s music adds an extra contemporary layer to the period adaptation, too. Like Fennell’s Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan-starring 2023 hit Saltburn, it looks like a bridge of classical, almost gothic sensibilities with 21st century sexual tension you could cut with a knife.
It’s not Elordi’s only upcoming literary adaptation either — the Australian star is set to appear as another famed page-to-screen character, Frankenstein’s Monster, in the upcoming Guillermo Del Toro-helmed Frankenstein, which recently received a standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.
Wuthering Heights arrives in cinemas on February 14th, 2026.
