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Koi Moi shares more details concerning the Wuthering Heights deal with Warner Bros.

Margot Robbie became the undisputed box office queen after the 2023 blockbuster Barbie. She enjoyed praises for her acting chops and minted massive moolah as she produced Greta Gerwig’s directorial. The actress has now made a bold decision and rejected Netflix’s lucrative $150 million offer for her next, Wuthering Heights. Scroll below for the interesting details. [...]

There was a massive bidding war, and many streaming giants offered massive sums to gain rights to the film. But Warner Bros. ultimately emerged victorious.

As per a report by Luiz Fernando, Netflix had offered a whopping $150 million to release Wuthering Heights. But Margot Robbie, who is also a producer, opted to reject the offer and instead work with Warner Bros, which brought the distribution rights for only $80 million.

Warner Bros will be offering a worldwide theatrical distribution, which will eventually turn out more beneficial for the actress. Apart from the basic remuneration, Margot Robbie will also be enjoying backend profits.

Previously, the actress has set a huge benchmark with Barbie, which turned out to be a billion-dollar affair at the worldwide box office. It is now to be seen whether Wuthering Heights continues the streak of success. If the movie works well, the team has the potential to earn way more money than was Netflix served on the table.

So, while one wonders why Margot and her team would opt for a $70 million loss, there’s a long-term plan that could work very well in favor!

Wuthering Heights is currently in the pre-production stage and will go on floors in 2025. (Jishika Madaan)

Many news sites are rejoicing over the news that Kate Bush might be working on a new album. The Guardian also claims that 'Kate Bush is every woman’s teenage soul – which is why men don’t get her' (is that so?)

But it’s also because she’s our Kate: the cultural trigger for the secret part of every outwardly sensible woman who wants to jack everything in (yes, all of it) and devote her life to floaty dancing in leotards and diaphanous skirts. Or fancies slipping into a hot Victorian nightie and running barefoot across a windswept moor towards a Heathcliff-esque lover, however brooding and dodgy he might be. (Barbara Ellen)

The Irish Times interviews writer Felicity Hayes-McCoy.

Your debut novel, The Library at the Edge of The World (2016), began the Finfarran series, about a local librarian in contemporary rural Ireland. Why do you think it caught readers’ imaginations?

Readers seem to love books about books, and uplit’s a growing genre – though, you could say it’s been around since Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë. (Martin Doyle)

Islands lists '12 Romantic Filming Locations You Can Visit In The United Kingdom' and one of them is

Keighley, West Yorkshire

There's nothing more quintessentially Yorkshire than the novels of the Brontë sisters. From "Wuthering Heights" to "Jane Eyre," these Victorian wordsmiths are famed for their gothic romances inspired by the grassy knolls of the unique environment in which they lived. If you're looking for your own brooding Heathcliff or perhaps on the hunt for a wealthy, mysterious lover à la Mr. Rochester, why not go right to the source? (Elizabeth Williams)

Well, perhaps that wouldn't be Keighley exactly.

Through the Eyes of the Brontës has gone in search of Constantin Heger's grave and other Brontë-related locations in Brussels.