Two of the most beautiful actors on the planet are poised to play two of the most tortured romantic leads in all of fiction.
Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Jacob Elordi (Priscilla) are slated to star in yet another take on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. This version hails from Oscar winner Emerald Fennell, in her first film since the divisive and stylish Saltburn. First published in 1847, the Gothic romance has had multiple adaptations, including an Oscar-nominated 1939 take with Laurence Olivier and a 1970 edition with Timothy Dalton. A more faithful - but critically derided - adaptation with Ralph Fiennes dropped in 1992. The most recent version popped up in 2011 from British director Andrea Arnold.
Shooting is set to begin early next year, and will likely be a big competitor next awards season. No word on whether this adaptation will cover half the book or the full text.
About Kip Mooney
Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about.
I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague.
Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work.
In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo.
I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.
