Emerald Fennell Teases ‘Wuthering Heights’ Movie Adaptation
variety.comEthan Shanfeld The Yorkshire Moors are about to get freaky. Emerald Fennell is teasing her own film adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” the famed 1847 gothic novel by Emily Brontë about two families living in northern England.
The “Saltburn” filmmaker posted about the project on social media, sharing a graphic that reads, “Be with me always – Take any form – Drive me mad,” a line from the novel.
Insiders tell Variety that the filmmaker will reteam with MRC, the studio behind her hit “Saltburn.”pic.twitter.com/NZXNYAm1wZ There have been a handful of screen adaptations of “Wuthering Heights” throughout the years, including William Wyler’s 1939 film starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon; Robert Fuest’s 1970 movie with Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall; and Peter Kosminsky’s 1992 film led by Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.
There have been two TV movies — in 2009 with Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley, and in 2011 with James Howson and Kaya Scodelario — and two series, in 1978 and 1998.
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