Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to play lead roles in a new film adaptation of Emily Brontë‘s classic novel Wuthering Heights.
The Barbie star, 34 — who’s currently pregnant with her first child — will play Catherine Earnshaw, while the Saltburn actor, 27, will portray her iconic lover Heathcliff, as per Deadline.
The film will be directed by Emerald Fennell, 38, who also helmed Saltburn.
Margot’s LuckyChap company is on board to produce the film. LuckyChap also produced two of Emerald’s other movies: Saltburn and Promising Young Woman.
The film is currently in pre-production, and will shoot in the United Kingdom next year.
Margot Robbie, 34, and Jacob Elordi, 27, are set to play lead roles in a film adaptation of Emily Brontë‘s classic novel Wuthering Heights; (L) Margot seen in March, (R) Jacob seen in 2023
No plot details have yet been revealed.
Margot and Jacob are familiar with each other, as they star in the new short film, See You at 5, directed by Call Me by Your Name‘s Luca Guadagnino, for the new Chanel No. 5 campaign.
Margot recently gushed about him in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar, saying, ‘He’s wonderful. And as you said, I worked with him on Saltburn in a producer-actor capacity. So I haven’t shared the screen with him before, but I know I’ve seen him on set, I’ve been around him on set, and he’s just—he’s got an incredible presence.’
‘He’s a movie star—he’s got that charisma. He holds a frame. He’s also really lovely and from the same state that I’m from in Australia. We’re about an hour away from each other, but he’s from Brisbane, and I’m from the Gold Coast.’
‘Even though the whole point of our film is that we cross paths and miss each other, it still felt like we did the campaign together.’
Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, published in 1850, is considered a masterpiece of English literature.
The original story centers around the Earnshaws, the Lintons, and their turbulent relationship with Heathcliff, a foster son of the Earnshaws.
Heathcliff is one of the most infamous and complex romantic heroes in Western literature, known for his brooding nature and obsession with Cathy.
The Barbie star — who’s currently pregnant with her first child — will play Catherine Earnshaw, while the Saltburn actor will portray her iconic lover Heathcliff, as per Deadline; seen in September
The film is currently in pre-production, and will shoot in the United Kingdom next year. No plot details have yet been revealed; Jacob seen in 2023
The film will be directed by Emerald Fennell, 38, who also helmed Saltburn; She is seen in February
There have been a number of film adaptions of the book over the years, with perhaps the most well known being the 1939 version directed by William Wyler, and starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier.
The most recent adaption is the 2011 film by Andrea Arnold, starring Kaya Scodelario and James Howson.
Margot recently starred in the blockbuster film Barbie, which grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide and earned eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.
Her next project is Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, set for release in May.
The Australian beauty is currently awaiting the arrival of her first child with husband Tom Ackerley, 34.
She and her film producer partner also announced last week that they were producing The Sims movie.
Robbie and Acklerley are producing through their LuckyChap Productions company.
Much like Barbie, The Sims is rooted in an iconic franchise, with the first video game debuting 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 has continued to work throughout 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 starred Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier; seen in a still
The most recent adaption is the 2011 film by Andrea Arnold, starring Kaya Scodelario and James Howson, as well as Shannon Beer and Solomon Glave; Shannon and Solomon seen as young Cathy and Heathcliff
Earlier this month she looked positively glowing in a tight grey dress as she posed at a screening for her new film My Old A** in Los Angeles.
She also announced an exciting new career milestone. After being an ambassador for Chanel for more than six years the Australian native is the new face of the French designer fashion house’s most well-known fragrance Chanel N°5.
She has been an ambassador for Chanel since 2018 and was the face of Chanel Gabrielle perfume in 2019.
Meanwhile Elordi recently portrayed the iconic Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla.
He is also set to star in Justin Kurzell’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.