Emily Brontë’s acclaimed 1847 novel Wuthering Heights is receiving yet another movie adaptation, with Emerald Fennell set to helm the project. Margot Robbie has already been roped in to portray the leading character of Catherine Earnshaw.

Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights is one of those pieces of classic literature that is going to continue to be remade as a film a couple of times a decade until the heat death of the universe. In most cases,

Emerald Fennell’s decision to cast Jacob Elordi in Wuthering Heights has raised eyebrows in the UK. Deadline revealed on Monday that Elordi and Margot Robbie will star in the Emily Brontë adaptation as Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.

"I think it’s so unfair and ridiculous how hollywood casting directors keep erasing canonically BIPOC characters in important roles."

To the Wuthering Heights moors we go. Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie are our new Heathcliff and Cathy, the lovers in Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic gothic novel. Here's everything we know about the project:

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to star in Emerald Fennell's adaptation of the classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' for MRC.

It will be the first time Robbie has actually starred in one of Fennell’s films. It’s not the first time for Elordi, who, through no fault of his own, made a few too many headlines last year for his role as young lord Felix Catton in Saltburn.

Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi board Emerald Fennell's 'Wuthering Heights' adaptation as Cathy and Heathcliff respectively.

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to star in Emerald Fennell's adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” The Wrap has learned.

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi have reportedly been cast in a new "Wuthering Heights" film, sparking criticism on social media.

Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights has cast Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff, but why has the choice proven so controversial?