STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING: THE FIRST TRAILER FOR EMERALD FENNELL'S "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" HAS ARRIVED

The first trailer for “Wuthering Heights” doesn’t arrive quietly; it storms in, wild-eyed and unapologetic, announcing that this is not a polite, heritage retelling of Emily Brontë’s novel. This is obsession. This is hunger. This is Emerald Fennell taking one of literature’s most ferocious love stories and dragging it, screaming and beautiful, into a bold new cinematic moment.

Written, directed, and produced by Academy Award and BAFTA winner Emerald Fennell, the film has been one of the most anticipated releases of the year, and the trailer makes it clear why. Fennell’s signature is all over it: a sense of danger beneath the romance, an understanding that love, especially forbidden love, is rarely soft or safe. Her “Wuthering Heights” looks less like a period drama and more like an emotional fever dream, where passion curdles into madness and longing becomes a kind of violence.

At the centre of it all are Australia’s own Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff. The trailer positions their relationship not as a sweeping, sentimental romance, but as something intoxicating and destructive - two people drawn together by forces they don’t fully understand and can’t possibly control. Love, lust, and cruelty blur into one, echoing Brontë’s original vision while pushing it into darker, more unsettling territory.

Robbie’s involvement goes far beyond the screen. As a producer under her LuckyChap banner, she continues the company's streak of backing daring, female-driven storytelling. Alongside LuckyChap’s Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning producer Josey McNamara, Robbie is clearly invested in bringing Fennell’s creative vision to life without compromise. The result, at least from this first glimpse, feels fearless, lavish but unhinged, romantic but razor-sharp.

What’s especially striking about the trailer is its refusal to reassure the audience. This isn’t “Wuthering Heights” as the classic you remember. It’s raw, erotic, and emotionally volatile, embracing the idea that this story was never meant to be “nice.” Brontë’s novel shocked readers in its own time; Fennell seems determined to do the same now.

“Wuthering Heights” is set to release in Australian cinemas on February 12, just in time for Valentine’s Day, positioning itself as the ultimate romantic cinematic experience for anyone who believes love should be messy, consuming, and just a little bit dangerous.