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Emerald Fennell’s ‘Cumbres Borrascosas’ Targets Valentine’s Release With a Stated “Version” of Brontë

The film is promoted as a sweeping romance even as the director emphasizes deliberate departures from the novel’s darker vision.

Overview

  • The campaign rolls out global billboards and trailers that place the title in quotation marks ahead of a Valentine’s Day 2026 opening.
  • Emerald Fennell says she is making “a version” rather than Wuthering Heights, describing alterations to events and perspective.
  • The trailer calls it “the greatest love story ever told,” a framing critics contrast with the book’s depiction of passion as ruinous.
  • Jacob Elordi’s casting as Heathcliff has drawn criticism from commentators citing the character’s dark-skinned, “gypsy-like” description in the novel.
  • Promotional visuals favor stylized, nontraditional Victorian aesthetics—from a white wedding dress and latex-like looks in teasers to gothic couture on recent red carpets—fueling expectations of a bolder, more sexualized tone.