Heathcliff Was a Teenage Frankenstein

Both our upcoming Heathcliffs (adult and young): Jacob Elordi and Owen Cooper have won a Critics' Choice Award for their roles in Frankenstein and Adolescence, respectively. Hello! Magazine looks into how they congratulate themselves at the ceremony:

Rising star Owen Cooper and Saltburn's Jacob Elordi were captured congratulating each other for their respective wins on Sunday night. Jacob, who won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Frankenstein, smiled from ear to ear as he reunited with his Wuthering Heights co-star Owen, who picked up the going for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his role in Adolescence.

The two actors are set to share the big screen in February in Emerald Fennell's hotly anticipated adaptation of Emily Brontë's gothic classic Wuthering Heights. Jacob stars as Heathcliff opposite Margot Robbie's Catherine Earnshaw, while Owen portrays a younger version of Heathcliff. 

With an all-star cast, this bold reimagining of the much-loved tale, which is released just in time for Valentine's Day on 13 February, is set to be one of the biggest films of 2026. (Nicky Morris)

The Guardian thinks that this will be Jacob Elordi's year:

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Fresh from his turn as a disconcertingly hunky humanoid in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi will spend 2026 cementing his position as one of Hollywood’s few bona fide gen Z leading men. In the spring, he’ll front Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars (in cinemas 27 March), but first he reunites with Saltburn writer-director Emerald Fennell for her gleefully irreverent, erotic take on Wuthering Heights (13 February). Starring opposite fellow Aussie Margot Robbie, all eyes will be on Elordi’s Heathcliff, whose transformation from rural waif to gentleman brute will be soundtracked by Charli xcx and bestowed upon the world just in time for Valentine’s Day. (Rachel Aoresti)

The Brussels Times lists literature inspired by Brussels. Villette is mentioned:

Although not explicitly named, Brussels was the inspiration for the setting in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette. Brontë’s experience studying and later teaching at a girls' school, Pensionnat Heger in 1842-1843, profoundly shaped the novel, both emotionally and artistically.

The story follows Lucy Snowe, an Englishwoman who moves to a fictional city, Villette. There she teaches at a girls' school while navigating isolation, emotional repression, religious conflict and ambiguous romantic attachments.

BoxOfficepro publishes some projections for the US box office of Wuthering Heights 2026 

Long Range Forecast — February 13, 2026

Wuthering Heights | Warner Bros.

Domestic Opening Weekend Range: $20M – $25M

Director Emerald Fennell follows up on the specialty success of edgy titles Promising Young Woman and Saltburn with an adaptation of Emile Brontë’s celebrated novel, timed to release over Valentine’s Day weekend.

More websites are talking about the film (or the soundtrack). The Hollywood Reporter, The Huffinton Post, The Fashion Journal, Muzikalia, Diario de Colima, Forbes Argentina, inkl, El-Balad, CNews, Moviebreak, Techradar, Daily Maverick, Vogue Australia,...

The New York Times wants you to read the novel before watching the film:

Brontë fans may have been puzzled by the trailer for Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” which bills the film as “inspired by the greatest love story of all time.” The tragic novel teems with passion, yes, but also with cruelty, obsession, classism and revenge — and of course those mists that roll across the moors, cloaking this Gothic masterpiece in an otherworldly aura. (Jennifer Harlan)

El País (Spain) recommends the Spanish translation of Paulina Spucches' Brontëana:

El próximo febrero llegará a los cines la nueva versión de 'Cumbres borrascosas', inspirada en la novela de Emily Brontë y dirigida por Emerald Fennell y con Margot Robbie y Jacob Elordi como protagonistas. 'Brontëana' (Garbuix Books), de Paulina Spucches, viaja a Yorkshire para hablar de las Brontë, sobre todo de la hermana pequeña, Anne, autora de Agnes Grey y La inquilina de Wildfell Hall. (Ana Fernández Abad) (Translation)

Nerd Daily interviews the writer Sadie Turner:

Elise Dumpleton: Hi, Sadie! Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself?

S.T. : Hi! I’m the author of Tidespeaker, a gloomy, gothic YA Fantasy about a girl with the power to command the tides who secures a position serving a noble family on an isolated tidal island, only to learn that her best friend drowned there and her new employers are hiding dark secrets. My writing draws on my own experiences as an undiagnosed neurodivergent teen—I eventually got an autism diagnosis in my thirties—as well as various literary inspirations including the works of Jane Austen and the Brontës. When not writing fiction, I write marketing copy, play classic CRPGs, and wrestle with my out-of-control to-read pile! I live in the UK with my family.

On Radio France's Le Regard Culturel, they have re-read Wuthering Heights:

Pendant mes vacances, j’ai relu – ou peut-être lu car je n’en avais pas grand souvenir – Hurlevent, l’unique roman de l’écrivaine anglaise Emily Brontë, publié sous pseudonyme masculin en 1847 sous le titre original Wuthering Heights. Un livre absolument incroyable quand on songe au contexte dans lequel il a été pensé et écrit, un livre hanté, effroyable, d’une noirceur et d’une étrangeté exceptionnelles. (Lucile Commeaux) (Translation)