'I'd say any adaptation of a novel, and especially a novel like this, should have quotation marks around it'

The official Instagram account of Wuthering Heights 2026 shares a trend which has TikTokers looking as if they were auditioning for a part in Stranger Things but apparently actually striking a pose in front of the movie poster as if Heathcliff was kissing them instead of Cathy. But, fortunately, they also share snippets of interviews and the like and Daily Mail picks up on one of Emerald Fennell explaining the quotes in the title, which she wouldn't need to do as it has always been pretty obvious save for the fact that TikTokers felt the need to grab their tiny microphones and their green screens and explain that it meant something else a few months ago.

Emerald Fennell said adapting Wuthering Heights was an impossible task as she explained why she changed the title of her movie. 

The upcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi is named "Wuthering Heights", with the quotation marks. 

Now Emerald has admitted why she chose to include the quotation marks in the title.

She said you simply can't adapt a book as 'dense, complicated and difficult' as Wuthering Heights, so you create a version of it rather than a replica.  

Emerald said she consulted the Brontë Parsonage Museum and others who love the book as much as she does before deciding on the title, adding: 'It is Wuthering Heights and it isn't.'

Speaking to Fandango on Wednesday, Emerald said: 'I think it's a lot of things but I think primarily it's because the book means so much to me and it means so so much to so many people, and I've been doing a lot of talking to the Brontë Parsonage Museum and to other people who love this book too because it means a lot to me. 

'It's every important that everyone who loves it as much as I do feels almost a part of it, I guess.'

She continued: 'But the thing for me is you can't adapt a book as dense and complicated and difficult as this book. I can't say I'm making Wuthering Heights. It's not possible. 

'What I can say is I'm making a version of it. There's a version I remembered reading, which isn't quite real. And there's a version that I wanted to stuff to happen that never happened. 

'And so it is Wuthering Heights and it isn't. But really I'd say any adaptation of a novel, and especially a novel like this, should have, you know, quotation marks around it.'

It comes after the film's costume designer Jacqueline Durran has hit back at fans who criticised Margot Robbie's 'hideous' outfits in the upcoming film. (Hannah McDonald)

Rotten Tomatoes also comments on that Fandango video interview.

Ahead of the film’s release, Fandango correspondent Nikki Novak sat down with Fennell, Elordi, Robbie, and their co-stars Alison Oliver, Hong Chau, and Shazad Latif for a wide-ranging conversation about the film. In the interview, the cast reflects on bringing the novel to life nearly 180 years after its publication, as Fennell shares her early vision for tackling the classic. In a particularly juicy revelation, Elordi opens up about the chemistry between him and Robbie on set, as they felt the emotional intensity between Heathcliff and Catherine.

Ary News thinks the film 'Might Be a Surprise Success' and The Ringer compares the previous (and unfounded?) criticism that both Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights have got.

Metro has actor Archie Madekwe, who  starred in Saltburn, speak about Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights.

Madekwe, who received the nomination alongside Robert Aramayo (I Swear), Miles Caton (Sinners), Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another) and Posy Sterling (Lollipop), also shared that he hadn’t seen Fennell’s hotly anticipated next film, Wuthering Heights.

‘But me and Emerald texted about it yesterday. I’m gonna see it very soon!’

Commenting on the furore its casting and sexy, period-inaccurate trailer has whipped up, Madekwe agreed that fans should expect the unexpected and not jump to conclusions.

‘I think that especially with any kind of literature that feels close to people, they feel very protective, but remember that this is also an artist that is giving you an adaptation through her eyes so just take that in [your] stride and be open – and I’m so excited to see what she did.

‘What a cast, I just cannot wait to see all those people on screen!’ (Tori Brazier)

WWD reports that,

Bloomingdale’s next partnership will be with Warner Bros. Discovery for the much-anticipated Feb. 13 release of the feature film, “Wuthering Heights.”

Running from Thursday through Feb. 22, Bloomingdale’s x “Wuthering Heights” will be transformed into a Gothic, romantic world inspired by the film. Customers can shop an exclusive Aqua collaboration as well as a multitude of licensed products and specialty items.

Among the items are a sweetheart neck rose-printed gown by Aqua, exclusive lace lingerie by Hanky Panky, Slip silk pillowcases and sleep masks, and candles from Lollia. Additional items include Art of Tea’s floral blends, Maude’s body-oil and massage-candle duo, Tokyomilk’s signature fragrance, Kim Sybert coasters, and Dear Annabelle notecards. (Lisa Lockwood)

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