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EXCLUSIVE: In what is gearing up to be an A-list pairing for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights movie, MRC is tapping Oscar-nominated actress and producer Margot Robbie and BAFTA-nominated actor Jacob Elordi to star in the adaptation of the classic novel. MRC is also setting LuckyChap to produce Fennell’s upcoming feature film adaptation, Wuthering Heights, based on the iconic romance novel by Emily Brontë. Besides being the studio on the project, MRC will also finance the pic.
This marks LuckyChap and Fennell’s third collaboration together, having also produced her most recent pic Saltburn and Promising Young Woman, which won Fennell an Oscar for original screenplay.
Robbie is set to star as Catherine Earnshaw, and Elordi will play Heathcliff. Fennell is set to write, direct and produce. The film is in pre-production gearing up for a UK shoot in 2025.
The original novel by Brontë is considered by many to be one of the great pieces of literature when it was published in 1850. The original story follows two families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons and the turbulent relationship they have with the Lintons foster son, Heathcliff.
Plot details on Fennell’s adaptation are unknown at this time.
Following breakout directing debut with Promising Young Woman, Fennell has turned into one those multi-hyphenates where anytime her project is announced, the industry is buzzing. So when she broke the news on her social media that Wuthering Heights would be that next project, everyone was curious at who could play the two iconic characters and now the town has that answer with two of biggest stars.
Robbie was last seen starring and producing Barbie, which not only went on to become the biggest film of 2023 grossing $1.4 billion at the box-office but also earning eight Oscar nominations with Robbie earning a producing nod for Best Picture. She will next be seen starring in Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey releasing May 2025.
Wuthering Heights reunites Elordi and Fennell, with actor recently starring in her most recent pic Saltburn. As for what is up next for Elordi, he is set to star in The Narrow Road to the Deep North directed by Justin Kurzell. He will also star in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. Most recently he played the iconic Elvis Presley in Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola.
MRC is the leading independent entertainment studio behind some of the world’s most iconic, award-winning, and prestigious films, television series, and documentaries. Last year, MRC was the studio behind Saltburn, American Fiction, and Fair Play, and is known for hit TV series such as Poker Face, Terminal List, Ted, Ozark and House of Cards.
LuckyChap is a leading entertainment company that produced the global phenomenon Barbie, which grossed over $1.4 billion at the box office and garnered eight Academy Award nominations. They also produced the critically acclaimed and award winning films I, Tonya, Promising Young Woman, and Saltburn and on the television side, they produced the hit limited series Maid and the comedy Dollface. LuckyChap’s most recent film, My Old Ass, is in theatres now and was acquired by Amazon/MGM after rave reviews at Sundance. LuckyChap is currently producing the off Broadway play The Big Gay Jamboree, which marks their first foray into theatre.
Robbie is represented by Entertainment 360, CAA, Aran Michael Management, Attorney Jeff Bernstein. Elordi is represented by Gersh. Fennell is represented by UTA and Entertainment 360.
