Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" Find Its Young Heathcliff and Cathy

Emerald Fennell has found her young Heathcliff and Cathy — and young Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie — in her upcoming all-star star adaptation of Emily Brönte’s “Wuthering Heights.”

Owen Cooper, the British actor who is already making waves for his debut performance in Netflix’s limited series “Adolescence” even before its launch, will play the teenage Heathcliff, the tortured antihero and one of the literary world’s most famous characters.

Meanwhile, Charlotte Mellington, who recently starred as Lavender in the hit West End production of “Matilda the Musical,” will play the teenage Catherine Earnshaw, whose passionate and dysfunctional relationship with Heathcliff ends in tragedy.

Also joining the cast is Vy Nguyen, set to play the younger Nelly Dean, who serves as the main narrator in the original novel.

The hugely buzzy feature — acquired by Warner Bros. last year in a fierce bidding war and now in production — is being led by Elordi as the older Heathcliff and Robbie as the older Cathy (Robbie also produces via LuckyChap).

Hong Chau plays the older Nelly Dean, while Shazad Latif stars as Edgar Linton and Alison Oliver — reuniting with Fennell after her last feature “Saltburn” — will play Isabella Linton.

For 15-year-old Cooper, “Wuthering Heights” marks his first feature and the next step in a dramatic entry into the industry for the still-in-school youngster, who from his very first audition tape was cast by “Boiling Point” director Philip Barantini for the key lead role in “Adolescence” despite having zero previous acting experience.

In the hard-hitting and deeply emotional four-part series, Cooper play a 13-year-old murder suspect in a story that traverses knife crime, incel culture and the influences of toxic masculinity and social media. Co-written by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, the series also stars Graham alongside Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty and Faye Marsay. Like Barantini’s BAFTA-nominated thriller “Boiling Point,” each episode was filmed in one continuous take.

“Wuthering Heights” currently has a release date with Warner Bros. of February 13, 2026.