Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights?

It's all over the news. Emerald Fennell's next movie as director (after Promising Young Woman and Saltburn) will be a Wuthering Heights adaptation. 

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Nothing more is known although that's not stopping the media from speculation name-dropping frenzy: Barry Keoghan, Carey Mulligan, Kate Bush...

Emerald Fennell just announced her third feature film, and this time, it’ll be an adapted screenplay.
Fennell is set to direct the latest adaptation of Emily Brontë’s beloved “Wuthering Heights” novel. Fennell tweeted a logo for the feature, along with the tagline, “Be with me always. Take any form. Drive me mad.”
IndieWire reached out to Fennell’s representatives for confirmation.
The Oscar winner made her feature directorial debut with “Promising Young Woman” and released “Saltburn” in 2023. Fennell deemed “Saltburn” a “fully Gothic” twisted love story, and now, “Wuthering Heights” will lean into both of those genres. The feature will also reunite Fennell with MRC on the production side, which she collaborated with for “Saltburn.” (Samantha Bergeson in IndieWire)

Also on Deadline, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, AV Club (which is a bit negative probably titling the news: "God help us, Emerald Fennell is doing Wuthering Heights next"), World of Reel, Collider (which goes on the enthusiast side: "Fennell Is a Perfect Fit for 'Wuthering Heights'), ScreenRant, The Wrap, Vulture (which goes a bit in the AV Club side, "Emerald Fennell Has Found Her Next Weirdo-Rich-Kid Story"), Exclaim!, JoBlo, The Playlist, ComingSoon, CinemaExpress, The Independent, MovieMaker, MovieWeb... EDIT: Elle US, NME, Lehren, The Hindu, Awards Radar, Dexerto, Comicbook, Virgin Radio UK, Metro, BAE (Argentina), See, Digital Spy, e-cartelera, Cinemanía, El Imparcial, Noticias del Mundo, Konbini, Jolie Bobine, La Minute, Screenweek, everyeye, badtaste, movieplayer, FilmPost, ThinkMovies, Cinematographe, Cinefilos, CiakClub, QuartaParete, Filmstarts ...

Interestingly, this is a different project than the one we reported a few months ago, produced by Alison Owen. Screendaily says:

Alison Owen of Monumental Pictures is lining up what is understood to be a separate Wuthering Heights project with Studiocanal. Screen has reached out to both Owen and Studiocanal. (Jeremy May)

Let's not forget that the director herself, when promoting Saltburn, already made some Wuthering Heights allusions. Like in this interview with Time Magazine: 

Belinda Luscombe: Is there a similar tension playing out in the scene where Oliver humps Felix’s grave? Is that about lust, or grief, or are they also linked?

E.F.: It's about grief. It's about love. It's an attempt to get some form of impossible closure. And the reason that scene is so long is because we needed the whole emotional journey. It's an attempt at something that is totally futile; Oliver himself understands how absurd and appalling and ridiculous is the position he's in. There's a scene in Wuthering Heights after Cathy dies when Heathcliff digs down to her coffin and tries to get to her. It’s very clear what he's intending to do, which is to, at the very least touch her, kiss her. So it's part of the Gothic tradition that sex and death are kind of intertwined.