SALTBURN'S EMERALD FENNELL TO DIRECT MOVIE ADAPTATION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Emerald Fennell is set to direct a film adaptation of the iconic 'Wuthering Heights'.

The 38-year-old director, who shot to fame with last year's hit 'Saltburn', announced on social media that she will be taking on Emily Bronte's classic Gothic romance. Alongside her announcement, Fennell posted a graphic stating: "Be with me always Take any form Drive me mad."

The 1847 novel, originally published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, weaves the tragic tale of Heathcliff, an orphan taken in by Mr. Earnshaw, and his profound but doomed love for Catherine, the farmer's daughter, set against the bleak Yorkshire Moors. Deadline has reported that Fennell will partner with MRC for this venture, reuniting with the studio she worked with on 'Saltburn'.

In discussing her approach to filmmaking, particularly her award-winning psychological thriller featuring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi, Fennell expressed her intent to unsettle audiences, telling Deadline's Breaking Baz column: "If you're aiming to make something that sounds true and even if it's metaphorical and kind of Gothic, and there's something that makes people shift in their seats, it's because we're feeling something that maybe we shouldn't. That maybe we don't want to interrogate."

"And so there's no point in being provocative for the sake of it but if you're kind of prodding at something uncomfortable, that's what movies are for. I stick my finger in."

However, she highlighted that she also wants her work to be exciting for viewers. She clarified: "The thing is that we just always want to make things that are fun, that push buttons and that make people excited. And make people want to watch it again."

"You want to make something that everyone talks about afterwards." She went on to say: "And everyone has a slightly different impression of what happened.

"The dance you're always doing as a filmmaker is around how much you let people fill in the gaps. And how much do you show? And it's really, really lovely to hear so many people feeling so many different ways about what they just saw, and that's just thrilling."

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