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Kharmel Cochrane, the casting director behind Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Emily Brontë's beloved Wuthering Heights,has defended the controversial decision to assign the film's leading roles to Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, who will play Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, respectively, after news of their involvement drew significant criticism from literary enthusiasts. According to Cochrane, there is no "need to be accurate" with details such as the characters' appearances, since the source materialis "just a book."

During a recent Q&a session at the Sands Film Festival in Scotland, attended by Deadline, Cochrane said, at the height of the backlash, she encountered "one Instagram comment that said the casting director should be shot" in reference to Robbie and Elordi headlining the upcoming Wuthering Heights movie. However, she encouraged fans of the gothic romance novel to not be too hasty in their judgment of the silver screen's star-crossed lovers. She...

Anyone looking to spice up their Valentine’s Day “viewing material” might want to look at the first image from Emerald Fennell’s upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights. The simple yet sensual image shows a close-up of someone’s mouth with blades of green grass caught between extended fingers. While you could be wondering, “What’s so sexy about grass?” let me remind you that botanophilia, referring to a sexual attraction to plants, exists. Imagine how many gardeners see this image and suddenly need to excuse themselves for an extended bathroom break. You know it in your heart to be true.

Emerald Fennell, the mad genius behind such films as Promising Youg Woman and Saltburn, directs, writes, and produces her adaptation of Wuthering Heights, based on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel. The upcoming film stars Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw, Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, Shazad Latif as Edgar Linton, Hong Chau as Nelly Dean,...

"Pride and Prejudice" is the kind of novel that feels modern no matter when it's read, but Jane Austen herself died in 1817, more than 70 years removed from the invention of motion pictures. In other words, she probably could never have imagined that, hundreds of years in the future, there would be so many recorded dramatic adaptations of her most celebrated work -- nor that one of them, 2005's "Pride & Prejudice," would be able to capture its spirit so brilliantly as to renew passion for the story of Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) and Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) for a whole generation.

Arguably the best Jane Austen adaptation, that Deborah Moggach-scripted, Joe Wright-directed take on the novel was so perfect -- so impeccably attentive to the sharp social observation, the warm family dynamic, the richness of local and temporal texture, and the soul-stirring romanticism of the source material --...

Deadline reports that Emerald Fennell (Saltburn) has filled out the rest of the major roles for her upcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights. Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery), Hong Chau (The Whale), and Alison Oliver (Conversations with Friends) have joined the cast of Wuthering Heights.

Wuthering Heights, which was first published in 1847, deals with “Heathcliff, an orphan-turned-foster-son who falls in love with the daughter of the family who owns the estate on which he now lives, Wuthering Heights. After running away, Heathcliff rises up through the ranks of the gentry and exacts revenge on the families — the Earnshaws and the Lintons — who kept him from his true love.” Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie are set to star in the film, with Elordi playing Heathcliff and Robbie playing Catherine Earnshaw. Warner Bros. is keen to get production going early next year, but Elordi is also slated to...

Historically, Netflix has typically been the biggest bidder in the room, ready to throw down some serious cash to acquire whichever project they have in their sights, but that could be changing. According to Variety, Netflix offered Emerald Fennell (Saltburn) a whopping $150 million for her upcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights, but she turned it down.

Instead, Fennell took a $80 million offer from Warner Bros., which reportedly “shocked” Netflix as they “had outbid [every other studio] for so long.” The reason comes down to Fennell wanting a theatrical release for the film, which Warner Bros. fully supports, promising a wide release and a full marketing campaign. “Netflix has the biggest number of subscribers and scale, so they can afford to play the game that they’re playing,” said Eric Handler, an analyst at Roth Capital Partners. “But there’s a growing contingent of directors and movie stars who are saying,...

Emerald Fennells decision to cast Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff in her upcoming Wuthering Heights adaptation has sparked backlash online. Deadline revealed that Elordi and Margot Robbie will star in the film as Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Fennell is set to write, direct, and produce.

Based on the classic novel by Emily Bront, the character Heathcliff's ethnicity is somewhat ambiguous in the novel. In Wuthering Heights, the character is described as having dark skin, dark hair, and a wild appearance. He is also referred to as a "dark-skinned gipsy." Many fans had hoped to see a Romani actor portray the role, or at least an actor of color, as the general consensus among readers and literary experts is that Heathcliff is not white.

Wuthering Heights (2011) NRDramaDocumentaryRomance Release Date September 9, 2011Director Andrea ArnoldCast James Howson, Solomon Glave, Paul Hilton, Shannon Beer, Simone Jackson, Steve EvetsRuntime 128Main Genre DramaWriters Andrea Arnold, Olivia Hetreed,...

A new film version of Emily Brontë’s classic novel “Wuthering Heights” has sparked debate over its casting of the lead character Heathcliff. Director Emerald Fennell chose Jacob Elordi, a white actor, to portray Heathcliff in the upcoming movie. However, many argue this overlooks clues in the book suggesting Heathcliff had darker skin.

The production, scheduled to start filming in the UK next year, will see Margot Robbie star as Catherine Earnshaw. Fennell is handling writing, directing, and producing duties. But the casting of Elordi as Heathcliff has drawn significant criticism. Experts note Brontë described Heathcliff as having “dark-skinned” appearance and being found abandoned in Liverpool, a major slave port. This has led scholars to believe Heathcliff was possibly a person of color.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Michael Stewart of the Brontë Writing Centre said past adaptations have often featured white actors in the “more ambiguous ethnic” role of Heathcliff.

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. Saltburn director Fennell is set to write, direct, and produce, with filming taking place in the UK next year.

Heathcliff’s ethnicity is famously ambiguous in Brontë’s 1847 novel, but there is some consensus that his description as a “dark-skinned gipsy” — as well as his abandonment as a baby at the slave port of Liverpool — likely means he was not white.

Commenting on Elordi’s casting, Michael Stewart, director of the Brontë Writing Centre, told The Daily Telegraph newspaper: “With Wuthering Heights, you’ve had many years of white actors playing the more ambiguous ethnic character… But things are different now, the way we represent certain people in art and culture comes...

Emerald Fennell is gearing up for her next feature film, an adaptation of Emily Bront's Wuthering Heights, and she has cast a few familiar faces. After starting as an actor in projects like The Danish Girl and The Crown, Fennell has become one of the most exciting creative voices in the industry behind the hit series Killing Eve and her two feature films, Promising Young Woman and, most recently, Saltburn. Given the status of Wuthering Heights as a staple in English literature, much attention has been paid to her upcoming film adaptation, and the casting process has begun by adding two major names: Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

Deadline reports that Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi have joined the cast of Wuthering Heights. Robbie will star as Catherine Earnshaw, while Elordi will play Heathcliff, Catherine's star-crossed lover and a classic anti-hero. Behind the scenes, Robbie's production company, LuckyChap, will also produce the film,...

Out on the wily, windy moors... Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights is starting to take shape. Having announced back in July that her follow-up to last year's spicy satire Saltburn will be a fresh take on Emily Brontë's literary classic, everybody's favourite British provoc-auteur has it seems found her Cathy and Heathcliff — and found them down under, no less. Per Deadline's reporting, Aussie stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to take on the roles of the doomed lovers in Fennell's upcoming film, which is currently in pre-production and eyeing a 2025 UK shoot.

For Elordi, who'll be following in Tom Hardy, James Howson, and Ralph Fiennes' footsteps to bring Brontë's Byronic hero to life here, Wuthering Heights will be a quick reunion with his Saltburn director. And given the themes of that similarly Gothic tale — passion, revenge, obsession, death — and Elordi's tragic part to play within it,...

In mouth-watering casting news, MRC said on Monday that Margot Robbie will star as Catherine Earnshaw opposite fellow Australian Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell’s upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights. The film will shoot in the UK.

Robbie’s LuckyChap will produce the adaptation of Emily Brontë’s mid-19th century gothic tale of obsession and desire which has fascinated film and television producers for nearly a century.

Fennell will write, direct and produce Wuthering Heights, which MRC said on Monday is in pre-production ahead of a UK shoot in 2025. MRC is financing the production.

The upcoming feature is heavy on reunion.

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to star in Emerald Fennell’s feature adaptation of Wuthering Heights, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

MRC has tapped LuckyChap Entertainment to produce the film that is based on author Emily Brontë’s classic novel of the same name. Fennell is writing, directing and producing the project that is currently in preproduction and preparing to shoot in the U.K. later this year.

Robbie is set to play Catherine Earnshaw, while Elordi will portray Heathcliff. First published in 1847, the book centers on the tempestuous relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff that encompasses passion and revenge after they meet while living at the eponymous residence.

THR reported in July that Fennell was set to direct an adaptation of Wuthering Heights as her next feature.

Wuthering Heights marks Fennell’s third collaboration with LuckyChap, which Robbie runs with Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara. LuckyChap also produced...

Fennell follows Saltburn's success with a new film, adapting the classic novel Wuthering Heights. No cast or release date are available yet. Unpredictable filmmaker Fennell is set to put her spin on the Gothic tale, matching themes explored in her previous work. Wuthering Heights has been adapted several times for film. Fennell now has the chance to create her version.

Hot off Saltburn's acclaim, filmmaker Emerald Fennell has secured her next feature film. In recent years, Fennell has become one of the most acclaimed and polarizing filmmakers. Following her work on the hit television series Killing Eve, she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Promising Young Woman. Her latest film, Saltburn, might have failed to make a splash at the Academy Awards, but it crossed over into mainstream popularity thanks to going viral on social media sites like TikTok. All eyes have been on what Fennell would do next,...

Emerald Fennell, who wrote and directed Saltburn, had set her next project, an adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights.

The novel, which was first published in 1847, deals with “Heathcliff, an orphan-turned-foster-son who falls in love with the daughter of the family who owns the estate on which he now lives, Wuthering Heights. After running away, Heathcliff rises up through the ranks of the gentry and exacts revenge on the families — the Earnshaws and the Lintons — who kept him from his true love.” Although some early reviews didn’t quite know what to make of the novel, it has since been accepted as one of the greatest English-language novels of all time.

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Fennell tweeted a logo for the Wuthering Heights movie with the caption, “Be with me always. Take any form.

Saltburn and Promising Young Woman writer-director Emerald Fennell has teased an adaptation of Wuthering Heights in a post on X that elicited excitable online speculation on Friday.

Fennell posted an image bearing the legends “Be With Me Always. Take Any Form. Drive Me Mad” and “A Film By Emerald Fennell”.

Screen has confirmed Fennell is reuniting with Saltburn collaborator MRC Film on the latest take on Emily Brontë’s mid-19th century gothic tale of obsession and desire involving Cathy Earnshaw and Heathcliff.

Alison Owen of Monumental Pictures is lining up what is understood to be a separate Wuthering Heights project with Studiocanal.

Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell looks to have found her next feature project on the heels of Saltburn, as she’s taken to X to tease that she’ll be helming an adaptation of Wuthering Heights, the classic Gothic romance by Emily Brontë.

Sources tell Deadline that the project will reunite Fennell with studio MRC, which was involved with Saltburn in the same capacity. No word on who will star or distribute, but a tagline accompanying a piece of art posted to her official account reads: “Be With Me Always. Take Any Form. Drive Me Mad.” View the post below.

Published by Brontë under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, a year before her death, Wuthering Heights is set in the Yorkshire moors and revolves around the intense and often destructive relationships between two families: the Earnshaws and the Lintons. The narrative is framed by Mr. Lockwood, a tenant at Thrushcross Grange,...

The Yorkshire Moors are about to get freaky.

Emerald Fennell is teasing her own film adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” the famed 1847 gothic novel by Emily Brontë about two families living in northern England.

The “Saltburn” filmmaker posted about the project on social media, sharing a graphic that reads, “Be with me always – Take any form – Drive me mad,” a line from the novel. Insiders tell Variety that the filmmaker will reteam with MRC, the studio behind her hit “Saltburn.”

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There have been a handful of screen adaptations of “Wuthering Heights” throughout the years, including William Wyler’s 1939 film starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon; Robert Fuest’s 1970 movie with Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall; and Peter Kosminsky’s 1992 film led by Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. There have been two TV movies — in 2009 with Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley, and in...

Wuthering Heights isn't a love story, but a story about hatred and despair. Andrea Arnold's adaptation captures the bleak and hopeless atmosphere of the original novel. The film delves into Heathcliff's tormented mind, providing an empathetic look at his character.

There have been many attempts to adapt the all-time classic Wuthering Heights to the big screen, but none came closer to Andrea Arnold's take on Emily Brontë's literary masterpiece. Alternating between past and present, the book tells the story of the impossible romance between the unpredictable Heathcliff and the hysterical Catherine Earnshaw, spanning many decades, as Heathcliff dedicates his life to exact revenge on those who took his love away from him.

What most adaptations get wrong is that Wuthering Heights isn't a love story: it's a story about hatred and despair. Besides the narrators, who are merely bystanders in the narrative, each and every character in...

“Mr. Malcolm’s List” has a scrumptious light charm. It’s a Regency romance set in London in 1818, where someone in the film is being fooled at every moment. The deceptions and symmetries are standard, but this is the kind of movie that rises or falls on whether the actors can carry the duplicity — and the innocence — aloft. And the actors here are marvelous: tart, stylish, emotionally vibrant, never more knowing than when they’re being duped.

The film, directed with an alluring blend of badinage and upper-crust sensuality by Emma Holly Jones, is based on a novel by Suzanne Allain (who wrote the screenplay), which was published in 2020 and designed to be a playful riff on Jane Austen. Yet it’s funny how big-screen adaptations in the “Masterpiece Theatre” genre can work. “Mr. Malcolm’s List” is Jane Austen Lite, but if you watch, say, the 2005 film version of “Pride and Prejudice,...

'Fantastic Four' 2015 with Miles Teller, Kate Mara, The Thing (Jamie Bell) and Michael B. Jordan. 'Fantastic Four' 2015 box office: A costly domestic flop in the making? Fantastic Four 2015, a 20th Century Fox release “in association with Marvel Entertainment,” is about to become the biggest big-budget superhero(es) dud at the domestic office since at least The Green Hornet (not to be confused with the equally underwhelming Green Lantern) four years ago. Directed by Josh Trank, who dissed the film's final edit on Twitter (see more details below), Fantastic Four stars Kate Mara (Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman), Miles Teller (Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic), Michael B. Jordan (Johnny Storm / The Human Torch), and Jamie Bell (Ben Grimm / The Thing). A while back, Fantastic Four became the subject of ardent arguments because of Michael B. Jordan's ethnicity: unlike the Fruitvale Station actor, the comic books' Johnny Storm is white.

It's currently being reported that Barkhad Abdi earned just $65,000 (£38,880) for his BAFTA-winning role in the $55 million-budgeted Captain Philips.

The 28-year-old Somalian-born actor made his debut alongside Tom Hanks in the Oscar-nominated drama, and according to The New Yorker was reduced to living off per diems from studio Sony Pictures at the Beverly Hills Hotel while promoting the film.

Meanwhile it's estimated that Hanks made a staggering $50 million from his lead part in the Paul Greengrass film.

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Chicago – First Joe Wright sucked the life out of “Anna Karenina” with his meticulously choreographed, self-conscious pageantry. Then Baz Luhrmann proved that while heavy-handed spectacle may have appealed to Jay Gatsby himself, it was a recipe for disaster when applied to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s prose. Nothing kills off the power of a metaphor more than a large neon sign erected to underline its significance.

After seeing Andrea Arnold’s quietly mesmerizing adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic “Wuthering Heights,” I’m now hungering to see her take on other literary landmarks, particularly “The Great Gatsby.” Luhrmann’s film hammers home the meaning of Fitzgerald’s writing with such aggravating pomp and circumstance, complete with entire sections of text materializing onscreen, I was half-expecting to see a bouncing Gatsby head spring off each word as it was dutifully recited. Though Wright and Luhrmann pride themselves on their filmic exuberance, Arnold...

After garnering considerable critical acclaim on its full release last year, Andrea Arnold's bruisingly beautiful adaptation of the Emily Brontë classic "Wuthering Heights" will be coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week. Following her unsettling but highly praised Cannes Jury Prize-winner "Fish Tank" -- a fairly grimy slice of British social realism -- with a romance classic, one already well-served by high-class adaptations, the film was seen in many quarters as something of an odd choice. The result though, to quote our grade A review out of Venice, was "superb," "groundbreaking" and "Terrence Malick-like," confirmation of a serious and formidable talent in British cinema. The film stars Kaya Scodelario as a younger-than-usual Cathy and James Howson as the fierce and troubled Heathcliff, the first black actor to take on the role. It also arguably has a third star in one of our favorite cinematographers, Robbie Ryan ("Berberian Sound Studio,...

Chicago – Andrea Arnold continues to make the case that she’s one of the world’s most interesting filmmakers with the unexpected creative success of her adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” a story that may not at first seem to fit in her narrative framework but proves to be a perfect choice for this multi-talented filmmaker. Bringing the grit and realism that made “Red Road” and “Fish Tank” such dramatic forces, Arnold doesn’t merely adapt Bronte’s story but retells it in her own style, creating a film that can be frustratingly languid to start but becomes mesmerizing as it progresses, fully transporting the viewer to a world with characters that most of us know in a story English majors could tell you by heart and somehow makes it feel new. Arnold takes Bronte’s work and makes it both more realistic and more poetic. She makes daring decisions and...

Monthly Movie Preview – November 2012

In a very crude generalization, the last three or four months of the calendar year is like the summer movie season for “smart” movies. Instead of being overloaded with expensive “tentpole” wannabe blockbusters, we instead are bombarded with wannabe Oscar-winners, some of them demanding gold statues for their promising casting alone. In that regard, the month of November has such releases as Life of Pi, Flight, Hitchcock, The Silver Linings Playbook, Lincoln, Anna Karenina, and more.

However, this is still the Hollywood we love, so there’s plenty of mainstream fare soon to be at our disposal. This month offers us the conclusion to a highly lucrative teen horror franchise (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2), a new James Bond movie (Skyfall), a remake of the ’80s masterpiece Red Dawn, and a Disney movie based on video game history (Wreck-It Ralph).

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Wuthering Heights

Directed by Andrea Arnold

Written by Andrea Arnold and Olivia Hetreed

United Kingdom, 2011

In bringing Wuthering Heights, perhaps the stormiest of the Victorian-era romances, to life on film once again, director and co-writer Andrea Arnold gives the story a fresh, arty, and bleak new coat of paint. The tale of Heathcliff and Catherine, star-crossed lovers on the English moors doomed to failure, has always been stark, a harsh depiction of life on the outskirts. But Arnold’s approach, best exemplified by the very deliberate in-your-face, hand-held cinematography, is a daring and impressive take, eschewing melodrama for the most part.

Adapting novels to the big screen is always tricky, and Arnold’s choice to present the struggles of its two leads internally at first seems like a sure sign of failure. However, the way she portrays Heathcliff and Catherine through her direction and the script (co-written by Olivia Hetreed) in such a spare,...

When we first meet Heathcliff (James Howson) he repeatedly throws his body against the graffitied wall of a seemingly abandoned bedroom. Heathcliff is like a caged primal beast, driven mad to the point of this masochistic behavior. Suddenly we flash back, several years later, to a younger Heathcliff's (Solomon Glave) reluctant submersion into the civilized world of the Earnshaw's household by the family's patriarch (Paul Hilton). Covered in filth and riddled with scars, Heathcliff is assumed to be a young Afro-Caribbean slave who has escaped captivity, somehow finding his way to the sparsely settled Yorkshire moors. Heathcliff discovers a kindred untamed spirit in Catherine Earnshaw (Shannon Beer), whose face is still a bit chubby with baby fat, signifying her innocence and youth. Together they frolic like feral beasts in the fog and rain of the English countryside, unbridled by parental supervision; only to return home to be beaten and reprimanded for their childish incivilities.

Get a jump on plans for your weekend.  Two much talked about films are making their USA theatrical debuts today. First... It feels like we have been talking about the British adaptation of Wuthering Heights forever. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2011.  And now, finally, those in the USA will get to see Andrea Arnold's adaptation of the classic novel by Emily Bronte. Our interest in the film was sparked when we heard that Arnold decided her Heathcliff would be played by James Howson.  Howson, a young black actor, is the first black actor to have the opportunity to play Heathcliff in a feature film.   Arnold based her casting on...

Wuthering Heights

Directed by Andrea Arnold

Screenplay by Olivia Hetreed

2011, UK

Based on Emily Brontë’s gothic novel from over 160 years ago, Wuthering Heights is a surprising choice for Andrea Arnold’s third feature. Fans of previous film adaptations are most likely to be disappointed in the new big screen version as this radical new take is refreshingly different: dark and twisted, peppered with profanity, brief moments of nudity and animalistic sexual behaviour.

Arnold has been one of the most exciting female directors to emerge in the last decade or so. The former television presenter won an Oscar for her short film Wasp in 2005, and made her feature debut the following year with the gritty revenge-themed thriller Red Road. It went on to win the Jury Prize at Cannes that year and Arnold won the BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer. Her followup, Fish Tank, garnered even more acclaim internationally.

Arnold continues to cast nonprofessionals,...

Having tremendous respect for writer-director Andrea Arnold’s Red Road and Fish Tank, I writhed in discomfort through most of Wuthering Heights — specifically, through any shot with people as opposed to wind, rain, or wind and rain together, or various parts of the unruly Yorkshire landscape. Arnold, you see, has chosen to counter the stuffiness of old-fashioned Great Literature adaptations by making the style of the film an objective correlative for the lovers’ uncontrollable passion, which means a camera that sways and swerves and sometimes fairly trembles with longing. The theory works. The movie doesn’t.Arnold’s Heathcliff (Solomon Glave when young; James Howson when he trudges back to Wuthering Heights after a long absence) is black, a bold choice that works — especially given that previous Heathcliffs (from Laurence Olivier to Timothy Dalton) would have looked quite at home in Yorkshire with slightly better grooming. This one can never entirely fit in.

Experience Wuthering Heights like never before with Andrea Arnold's visceral and poetic retelling of Emily Brontë's Gothic classic. While the novel has gone through a long cycle of adaptations from television to film and back again, Arnold's version is a welcome change from the traditional potboilers. Robbie Ryan's gritty photography combines with Arnold's instinctive grasp of Cathy and Heathcliff's obsessive and destructive relationship to make for a refreshingly heartfelt film. Instead of casting established actors in the vein of Laurence Olivier and Ralph Fiennes, Arnold chose James Howson for her adult Heathcliff, giving the unknown actor the double distinction of being the youngest actor and the first black man to ever play the complex anti-hero. We were lucky enough to sit down with Andrea Arnold to discuss obsession, harsh shooting conditions and the challenges of working with first-time actors. Tribeca: Your films are so fiercely original,...

Such Great Heights: Andrea Arnold’s Provocative Adaptation Revitalizes Classic Tale

While she’s stated herself that she dislikes the idea of adapting a novel to film, director Andrea Arnold has surprised and surpassed negative connotations with this often bastardizing notion to create one of the most beautiful, original and outstanding interpretations of Emily Bronte’s beloved novel of tempestuous love, Wuthering Heights. Not to mention, the classic tale has been filmed numerous times and to varying degrees (Bunuel’s glorious 1954 version has stood as the most worthwhile but most unavailable stateside, leaving Merle Oberon and Juliette Binoche versions as the definitive cinematic versions to Western eyes), but Arnold has to be given credit for making this a vision all her own, and, inadvertently, she carries with it a cinematic hope that fresh life can indeed be brought to twice told tales, though, to be honest, this kind of treat is considerably rare.

Get a jump on plans for your weekend.  Two much talked about films make their way to a theater near you. It feels like we have been talking about the British adaptation of Wuthering Heights forever, it premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2011.   Finally, we will get to see Andrea Arnolds adaptation of the classic novel by Emily Bronte.  Our interest in the film was sparked when we heard that Arnold decided her Heathcliff would be played by James Howson.  Howson a young black actor, is the first black actor to have the opportunity to play Heathcliff.  Arnold based her casting on Bronte's description of Heathcliff as "dark-skinned gypsy in...

Title: Wuthering Heights Oscilloscope Laboratories Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten Grade: C Director: Andrea Arnold Screenwriter: Andrea Arnold, Olivia Hetreed, from Emily Brontë’s novel Cast: James Howson, Kaya Scodelario, Steve Evets, Nichola Burley, Oliver Milburn, Lee Shaw Screened at: Broadway, NYC, 9/25/12 Opens: October 5, 2012 Life was nasty, brutish and short in the Yorkshire moors during the early part of the nineteenth century. If you did not die young of tuberculosis, you could suffer the beatings of sadistic people, thrashings which in some cases were avenged—leading to yet more violence. All this is present in Emily Brontë’s sole published novel, “Wuthering Heights,” which though at first faced with [ Read More ]...

English writer-director Andrea Arnold has stunned and stirred critics, first with her BAFTA-winning thriller Red Road then with her bleak and breathtaking coming-of-age drama Fish Tank. Already her adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel Wuthering Heights has won accolades from British critics as well as praise at the Venice Film Festival, and now Oscilloscope Pictures is bringing it Stateside. Kaya Scodelario of the UK series Skins stars as Catherine Earnshaw, a fiery but fickle young woman who has a mercurial relationship with orphan turned brute Heathcliff, played here by newcomer James Howson, who won the role after a year-long casting process that included open call auditions. Does the pair share the kind of chemistry that has made Catherine and Heathcliff literary and romantic icons for more than 150 years? Take a peek at the drama's new trailer: I must admit: despite being a voracious reader and dedicated bookworm, I found...

Wuthering Heights Trailer. Andrea Arnold‘s Wuthering Heights (2011) movie trailer stars Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Oliver Milburn, James Northcote, and Amy Wren. Wuthering Heights‘ plot synopsis: “Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights is an excitingly fresh and distinct take on the classic novel by Emily Brontë. An epic love story that spans childhood well into the young adult [...]

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Wuthering Heights is one of those classic literary titles that continuously gets re-adapted for the big screen every few years. The last time the book took the leap into theaters was in 1992 when Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes played Catherine and Heathcliffe. A TV adapation starring Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley was the most recent overall adaptation, airing in 2009 to solid reviews. So could Andrea Arnold, who wrote and directed the screenplay add something that would separate this version from all the rest. Judging from this hauntingly beautiful trailer that premiered on Vulture, it looks like she has succeeded in stamping her own style to the Emily Bronte novel. This time around James Howson and Kaya Scodelario take on the Heathcliffe and Catherine roles, respectively....

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A new trailer for Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold's big screen adaptation of the classic 1847 Emily Brontë novel Wuthering Heights has been released. The film stars Kaya Scodelario and James Howson as the characters Cathy and Heathcliff. It looks like a visually stunning film and a unique adaptation of the story about love and revenge.

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Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights is an excitingly fresh and distinct take on the classic novel by Emily Brontë.

An epic love story that spans childhood well into the young adult years, the film follows Heathcliff, a boy taken in by a benevolent Yorkshire farmer, Earnshaw. Living in Earnshaw’s home, Heathcliff develops a passionate relationship with the farmer’s teenage daughter, Catherine, inspiring the envy and mistrust of his son, Hindley. When Earnshaw passes away, the now-grown characters must finally confront the intense feelings and rivalries that have built up throughout their years together.

Emily Brontë's classic 1847 novel "Wuthering Heights" has been adapted for the movies almost too many times to count, so film fans can be forgiven for wondering if there's really anything new that can be done with the story.

But if you're one of those folks, then wonder no more, because we've got a new trailer here for an adaptation that brings the tragic romance to new "Heights."

Starring newcomer James Howson as Heathcliff and Kaya Scodelario ("Moon") as Catherine, writer/director Andrea Arnold's take on their doomed relationship has been wowing folks in Europe and on the festival circuit since it first debuted last year.

And now, with its American debut set for October 5, Arnold is rolling out a new trailer fill with lush photography, tears, woe and new music from Mumford & Sons.

Hey, new is cool, but timeless is even better. Check it out, courtesy of Vulture,...

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a classic novel by any definition of the word, and has thus seen numerous cinematic adaptations, with everyone from Laurence Olivier to Ralph Fiennes having taken on the iconic role of Heathcliff, and directors such as Luis Buñuel having taken a crack at the material. Now Andrea Arnold, who turned heads with her raw take on urban poverty in 2009′s Fish Tank, has chosen to tackle the story as her follow-up project. Newcomer James Howson makes his acting debut in this film, joined by Kaya Scodelario, Paul Hilton, Amy Wren, and James Northcote. A full trailer for the movie, which Arnold co-wrote with Olivia Hetreed, has now been released, and can be seen below.

There are a number of high-profile classic literary adaptations coming out in the next few months, including (but not limited to) Joe Wright's stage-bound "Anna Karenina," Mike Newell's stately "Great Expectations," and "Fish Tank" director Andrea Arnold's "Wuthering Heights." We're not sure why people aren't really talking about Arnold's adaptation -- it was one of the absolute highlights of Venice last year for us -- but hopefully after this new trailer (courtesy of Vulture), they will be. Shot beautifully in the squared-off 4:3 aspect ratio (Arnold prefers the format because it puts a maximum emphasis on the actors' faces, but the extra height does wonders here for the period setting), the classic tale from Emily Bronte practically jumps off the screen. "Skins" star Kaya Scodelario plays Catherine, and, in an attention-grabbing first, young black British actor James Howson plays Heathcliff. As anyone...

After breaking out with the excellent coming-of-age tale Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold headed back in time to a literary classic for her next feature. Wuthering Heights features mostly unknowns among its cast of Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave, Shannon Beer, Steve Evets, Oliver Milburn and with Oscilloscope picking it up for a fall release, we’ve got the first trailer today.

We just included it as one of the best fall films we’ve already seen and this trailer confirms the gorgeous world Arnold has captured. Shot in full frame, back at Tiff we said she “paints this world with a deft touch, crafting tightly focused close-ups to convey emotion rather than words. Establishing shots only open wide a handful of times, instead opting for a beetle crawling through the grass or a spiderweb oscillating in the cold wind. These little touches build the world more than any sort...

When adapting a classic novel for the screen, it's one thing to preserve the winning words that were on the page, but it's another crucial thing to find a way to tell that story visually, too. That's not a problem that bedevils Wuthering Heights, the new adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel from director Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank); her film is an utterly gorgeous take, distinctly shot, with those famous moors presented like never before. Arnold cast black actor James Howson as Heathcliff in this version, whose love for Cathy (Skins star Kara Scodelario) ignites a passionate rivalry. Vulture's got the exclusive premiere of the trailer for Wuthering Heights, which Oscilloscope says will open October 5 at Film Forum followed by bows in Los Angeles, Seattle, and other markets. Enjoy!

Director Andrea Arnold isn’t one to shy away from ill-fated romance, no matter how unsettling it may be — consider her violent love story Bellflower, or the creepy interplay of Fish Tank — o it makes sense that she would take on the mother of all bad relationships: Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.

The bleak novel has seen many adaptations, but if our review promises anything, it’s that Arnold’s beautiful visuals make the story worth revisiting. A new Australian poster for last year’s Tiff selection reinforces that emphasis on pleasing aesthetics, as it presents an arresting portrait of lead actress Kaya Scodelario.

It can be seen below:

Synopsis: A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.

Wuthering Heights also stars James Howson, Steve Evets, Oliver Milburn and Nicola Burley.

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For starters, it puts a bit more space between it and "Captain America 2," which is slated for April 4th and gets Marvel out of the way of the of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" opening on May 2nd, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" opening on May 16th (what would've been the same weekend), "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes" on May 23rd and Disney's...

Today's Sff trailer of the day is the latest film adaptation of Wuthering Heights. About the film: Andrea Arnold, who won prizes at Cannes for her features Red Road (Sff 2007) and Fish Tank, has created a radical adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel. Veering some distance from costume-drama clichés, Arnold's gritty take depicts all the harshness of the Yorkshire moors and the rough existence of its inhabitants. Into this world comes Heathcliff (portrayed as a young man by Solomon Glave, and then by James Howson), a black orphan who is found on the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw and brought to Wuthering Heights to be made part of the family. Heathcliff, who is frequently beaten and discriminated against, forms a strong bond with Cathy...

James Howson, who was plucked from obscurity to star in 2011 film, had admitted threatening his partner and baby daughter

A young film actor chosen from a jobcentre to play the role of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights has been given a conditional discharge for the racially aggravated harassment of his partner and mother of their young daughter.

James Howson, 24, appeared before Leeds magistrates court from St James's hospital in the city, where he is detained under the Mental Health Act by an order which currently extends to 26 September.

He spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and national insurance number before the hearing was told of his increasingly hostile attitude to his partner, Shakira Ramdihal as he developed a psychotic illness. Prosecutor Manda Harris said that he had made violent threats against both mother and baby after he was refused admission to the maternity wing last September following the child's birth.

He soared to fame last year in Andrea Arnold's acclaimed production of Wuthering Heights, but since then actor James Howson has led a troubled life. Today he was given a conditional discharge at Leeds Magistrates' Court after being charged with threatening his former girlfriend and their baby daughter, behaviour aggravated by racism.

In a case that echoes the story of Heathcliff, the character he played in the film, Howson rose from obscurity to enjoy sudden success, only to find himself overwhelmed. His lawyer has argued that this contributed to a psychotic illness. He is now receiving treatment in St James' secure hospital.

Howson was the first black actor ever to play Heathcliff, although the character is described in the novel as dark and there are implications that other characters mistreat him due to racial prejudice....

British actor James Howson has delayed sentencing in his racial abuse trial for a third time after his lawyers told the court he was too ill to appear.

Earlier this year, the rising star, who played Heathcliff in a 2011 movie adaptation of Wuthering Heights, pleaded guilty to a charge of racially aggravated harassment after hurling a nasty insult at his former partner.

At a court hearing in February, it emerged Howson had been sectioned for a month under the U.K.'s Mental Health Act and his sentencing was pushed back to March, but he was a no-show at Leeds Magistrates' Court and presiding magistrate Angela Bradshaw subsequently issued a warrant for his arrest.

He was due back in court for sentencing on Monday, but the hearing was adjourned until 28 May as he continues to undergo psychiatric treatment.

Howson's lawyer said, "The reality is that the defendant is not well enough to attend court today.

"He is under medication for a psychotic disorder."...