Overview

• Speaking at the Brontë Women’s Writing Festival, the director said her adaptation reflects an adolescent reading that felt “primal” and highlighted what she called the book’s sadomasochistic undercurrents.
• She said an “enormous amount” of Emily Brontë’s dialogue is used verbatim and that the film concludes before the novel’s later-generation storyline.
• Addressing backlash, Fennell defended casting Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, citing Robbie’s singular screen presence and saying Elordi matched a Heathcliff illustration she knew, despite criticism over age and racial representation.
• The first trailer, released earlier in September, leaned into suggestive imagery and features a Charli XCX remix, drawing sharp online criticism for its erotic tone.
• Accounts of graphic scenes from an early test screening were reported by a single outlet and have not been widely corroborated, while the film remains in post-production for a Feb. 14, 2026 theatrical release.