Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to star in a new film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights.
The Barbie star, 34 and currently pregnant with her first child, will play Catherine Earnshaw, while the Saltburn actor, 27, will play her iconic lover Heathcliff, according to Term.
The film is directed by Emerald Fennell, 38, who also directed Saltburn.
Margot’s LuckyChap company is on board to produce the film. LuckyChap also produced two of Emerald’s other films: Saltburn and Promising Young Woman.
The film is currently in pre-production and is set to begin filming in the UK next year.
Margot Robbie, 34, and Jacob Elordi, 27, are set to star in a film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights; (L) Margot due in March, (R) Jacob due in 2023
No plot details have been released yet.
Margot and Jacob already know each other from the new short film See You at 5, directed by Luca Guadagnino of Call Me by Your Name for the new campaign of Chanel No. 5.
Margot recently raved about him in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaarand said, ‘He’s amazing. And as you said, I worked with him on Saltburn in a producer-actor role. So I haven’t been on screen with him before, but I know I’ve seen him on set, I’ve been on set with him, and he’s just – he has an incredible presence.’
“He’s a movie star, he’s got that charisma. He holds a frame. He’s also really nice and he’s from the same state as me in Australia. We live about an hour apart, but he’s from Brisbane and I’m from the Gold Coast.”
“Even though the whole point of our film is us running into each other and missing each other, it still felt like we were making the campaign together.”
Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, published in 1850, is considered a masterpiece of English literature.
The original story revolves around the Earnshaws, the Lintons and their turbulent relationship with Heathcliff, a foster son of the Earnshaws.
Heathcliff is one of the most notorious and complex romantic heroes in Western literature, known for his brooding nature and his obsession with Cathy.
The Barbie star, who is currently pregnant with her first child, will play Catherine Earnshaw, while the Saltburn actor will play her iconic lover Heathcliff, according to Deadline; seen in September
The film is currently in pre-production and will begin filming in the UK next year. No plot details have been revealed yet; Jacob is set to open in 2023
The film is directed by Emerald Fennell, 38, who also directed Saltburn; it opens in February
There have been a number of film adaptations of the book over the years, perhaps the best known of which is the 1939 version directed by William Wyler and starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier.
The most recent film adaptation is Andrea Arnold’s 2011 film, starring Kaya Scodelario and James Howson.
Margot recently starred in the blockbuster Barbie, which grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide and received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.
Her next project is Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, due out in May.
The Australian beauty is currently expecting her first child with her 34-year-old husband Tom Ackerley.
She and her film producing partner also announced last week that they would produce the film The Sims.
Robbie and Acklerley produce through their company LuckyChap Productions.
Like Barbie, The Sims is rooted in an iconic franchise. The first video game was released in 2000 and has since sold over 200 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
The star continued to work during her pregnancy.
Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, published in 1850, is considered a masterpiece of English literature. The 1939 film version was directed by William Wyler and starred Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier; seen in a still
The most recent film adaptation is Andrea Arnold’s 2011 film, starring Kaya Scodelario and James Howson, and also starring Shannon Beer and Solomon Glave; Shannon and Solomon are credited as young Cathy and Heathcliff
Earlier this month, she looked radiant in a tight gray dress as she posed at a screening of her new film My Old A** in Los Angeles.
She also announced an exciting new milestone in her career. After more than six years as an ambassador for Chanel, the Australian native is the new face of the French designer fashion house’s signature fragrance, Chanel N°5.
Since 2018, she has been an ambassador for Chanel and in 2019 she was the face of Chanel Gabrielle perfume.
Elordi recently played the iconic Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla.
He will also be seen in Justin Kurzell’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.