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Popular culture has a long and complex relationship with the Gothic imagination. Whether on the big or the small screen, there’s something alluring about the way that the Gothic intertwines human desire and the perilous appeal of death, as well as its visions of crumbling mansions, apparitions in the night, and perilous romance.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / May 23

What does Emerald Fennell regret about Wuthering Heights?

Emerald Fennell regrets not showing Margot Robbie’s “extremely hairy armpits” in Wuthering Heights. The director filmed a scene with for the 2026 adaptation of Emily Brontë’s gothic novel, which featured Robbie’s character Cathy with hairy armpits but “unfortunately the scene that we see them didn’t make it in there”.

Entertainment News / Contact Music / February 17

Charli xcx eyes third UK No.1 album with Wuthering Heights soundtrack

Charli xcx is on track to score her third UK No.1 album in just four years, as her new project Wuthering Heights races ahead in this week’s chart battle.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / February 15

Emerald Fennell reflects on why 'demented' Zatanaa film didn't happen

Emerald Fennell has admitted her "demented" Zatanaa movie was "too dark" to get made. The Wuthering Heights filmmaker signed up in 2021 to write a script for a planned superhero movie for Warner Bros.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / February 13

Listen: Charli xcx releases Wuthering Heights soundtrack album

Charli xcx has unveiled her brand‑new album Wuthering Heights, to coincide with the arrival of Emerald Fennell’s hotly anticipated new feature film of the same name, which hits cinemas nationwide.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / February 8

Margot Robbie's down-to-earth approach lauded by Wuthering Heights director Emerald Fennell

Margot Robbie has "absolutely no ego", according to Wuthering Heights director Emerald Fennell. The 40-year-old filmmaker has worked closely with the Australian superstar on the new adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel and explained how Margot went above and beyond to "look after" the cast and crew working on the movie.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / February 3

Emerald Fennell: I would've gone off the rails if I hadn't attended boarding school

Emerald Fennell believes she would've gone "off the rails" as a teenager if she hadn't attended boarding school. The Wuthering Heights director has recalled

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / December 5

'What reads to us as hot or exciting?' How did Margot Robbie and Emerald Fennell tackle sex scenes in Wuthering Heights?

Margot Robbie and Emerald Fennell spent hours talking about the sex scenes in Wuthering Heights and what would be "hot or exciting" to show on screen. The 35-year-old actress is playing Cathy opposite Jacob as Heathcliff in Fennell's new big screen adaptation of Emily Bronte's 1847 romance novel of the same name.

Entertainment News / Contact Music / November 11

Charli xcx goes goth on new song House from Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights soundtrack

Charli xcx has released House, the first track from her upcoming album written for Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights. The film stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi and is expected to premiere in 2026.

Entertainment News / Total Apex Entertainment / October 5

Emerald Fennell on ‘Wuthering Heights’: Primal, Sexual, and Defending Casting Choices of Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi

“Wuthering Heights,” the classic 1847 tale of romance, English classism, and Gothic darkness, has received well over a dozen screen adaptations, dating back almost to the inception of cinema.

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The 20 greatest TV medical dramas of all time

A good medical drama is really, really good. These 20 are the best medical dramas of all time.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / April 19, 2025

Jacob Elordi offered Wuthering Heights role via text

Jacob Elordi was planning to take a break from acting before being offered 'Wuthering Heights'. The 27-year-old actor revealed he was planning a career break after a busy few years but when his 'Saltburn' director Emerald Fennell texted him about the opportunity to play Heathcliff opposite Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw, he couldn't say no.

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20 angsty films that make viewers paranoid

Several extraordinary films have encouraged viewers to be more than a little paranoid about the world around them and, very often, even their sense of self and identity. These are the types of films that perfectly capture all of the angst and paranoia of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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20 classic books which need to be adapted into a blockbuster film

Even though many Hollywood studios have recently been more focused on reboots and franchises than they have literary adaptations, there are signs that this may be changing.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / December 14, 2024

Wuthering Heights gets 2026 release date

Emerald Fennell’s 'Wuthering Heights' will be released in 2026. The upcoming movie - based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name - will star Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff.

Entertainment News / Men's Journal / October 25, 2024

New Wuthering Heights Film From Emerald Fennell Finds Home at Warner Bros

Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie will lead the new Wuthering Heights film from Saltburn and Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell, and the film has now found its studio match.

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The 20 most anticlimactic movie endings

It’s no secret that an ending can make or break a movie. After all, the audience is likely to remember a lackluster film's powerful ending more than the reverse.

Entertainment News / IndieWire / July 12, 2024

Emerald Fennell Announces ‘Wuthering Heights’ Adaptation

The Oscar winner announced on social media she is adapting the beloved Emily Brontë novel.

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The most notable feminist horror flicks

Ranging from the 1930s to the present, these are the types of films that manage to be scary and thought-provoking. Whether directed by men or women, the most notable feminist horror films draw attention to the positions that women often occupy in a male-dominated world.

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The 20 greatest antiheroines from film and TV

Though much attention has been paid to male antiheroes like Walter White of Breaking Bad and Tony Soprano of The Sopranos, it’s also necessary to draw attention to many formidable antiheroines. These formidable women reveal the extent to which there can be a lot of pleasure in thinking and acting outside the box of patriarchy.

Entertainment News / Rolling Stone / January 31, 2024