The first full-length trailer for Emerald Fennell's upcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" has been released, offering a sweeping, stylised and already hotly debated look at what the filmmaker calls "the greatest love story of all time".

The film, led by Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, reimagines Brontë's tempestuous 1847 classic with Fennell's trademark heightened visuals and a contemporary soundtrack featuring a new Charli XCX song, "Chains of Love".

The trailer charts Catherine and Heathcliff's journey from childhood companions on the Yorkshire moors to adults trapped in an all-consuming, destructive passion. In one scene, Cathy asks Heathcliff what he would do if he were rich. "I suppose I'd do what all rich men do," he replies. "Live in a big house, be cruel to my servants, take a wife."

As in the original novel, Cathy ultimately marries the wealthy Edgar Linton, played by Shazad Latif, for social security, leaving Heathcliff devastated and vengeful. The trailer features rain-soaked confrontations, intense embraces and the pair wrestling with their impossible bond.

Visually, the footage hints at anachronistic costumes and Fennell's signature bursts of colour, blending period detail with modern sensibilities. The trailer ends with Elordi's Heathcliff declaring, "So kiss me, and let us both be damned."

Fennell's adaptation has been the subject of debate since its announcement. Some questioned whether Robbie was the right age to play Catherine, while others noted the departure from the traditionally darker-skinned interpretations of Heathcliff. Casting director Kharmel Cochrane defended the choices, calling them intentional and in service of Fennell's vision.

Reports from a test screening in August suggested sharply divided reactions, with one viewer describing the film as "aggressively provocative" and highlighting a controversial execution sequence. Fennell later said at the Brontë Women's Writing Festival that she had been "obsessed" with the novel since adolescence. "If somebody else made it, I'd be furious," she said.

The film, accompanied by a Charli XCX-curated album releasing in February, is expected to generate significant conversation as its release approaches.