Streaming audiences can get able to swoon over the the Margot Robbie-led characteristic adaptation of Wuthering Heights.
HBO Max introduced Friday that filmmaker Emerald Fennell‘s romantic drama hits the streaming service on May 1. Jacob Elordi co-stars within the film that makes its linear debut through HBO on May 2, the identical day {that a} model with American Sign Language may also stream completely on HBO Max.
Based on creator Emily Brontë’s basic novel of the identical title, Warner Bros. launched the movie theatrically on Feb. 13, and it surpassed $240 million on the international field workplace. Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell spherical out the solid.
Fennell helmed the film from her personal script that’s primarily based on Brontë’s guide. Fennell, Robbie and Josey McNamara produced the mission that hails from LuckyChap and MRC.
Robbie performs Catherine Earnshaw, whereas Elordi portrays Heathcliff. First printed in 1847, the guide facilities on the pair’s tempestuous relationship that encompasses ardour and revenge after they meet whereas dwelling on the eponymous residence.
In his review of Wuthering Heights for The Hollywood Reporter, chief movie critic David Rooney referred to as it “arguably the writer-director’s most purely entertaining film — pulpy, provocative, drenched in blazing color and opulent design, laced with anachronistic flourishes, sexy, pervy, irreverent and resonantly tragic.”
He added, “Often teetering on the verge between silly and clever, it’s Wuthering Heights for the Bridgerton generation, guaranteed to moisten tear ducts and inflame young hearts.”
Robbie’s latest credit additionally embody starring reverse Colin Farrell in Sony’s 2025 launch A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Elordi at present stars within the third season of HBO’s hit collection Euphoria and will be seen on the large display screen later this 12 months with Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars.
