Martin Clunes to star in 'huge-budget' Hollywood movie with Oscar nominee
Doc Martin actor Martin Clunes has revealed his next acting role and he's set to star opposite some huge names
Martin Clunes is due to star in a new film
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Martin Clunes is set to feature in a huge Hollywood movie, opposite the likes of Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.
The Doc Martin star's next acting role will be in next year's Wuthering Heights, directed by Emerald Fennell. The film is set for release in February 2026, but many other details have been kept under wraps so far.
Martin revealed his role in a new interview, as he reased he's due to star in a " massive, Warner Brothers, huge-budget movie, all built on sets at Elstree " while talking with The i Paper.
The actor will portray Mr Earnshaw, father of Catherine Earnshaw, in Wuthering Heights. Catherine is due to be played by Margot, while Jacob takes on the role of Heathcliff.
Martin Clunes will appear in Wuthering Heights
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Elsewhere, Hong Chau plays Nelly Dean and Shazad Latif portrays Edgar Linton, while Alison Oliver stars as Isabella Linton. Also making up the cast are Owen Cooper, playing a young Heathcliff, Charlotte Mellington, portraying teenage Catherine and Vy Nguyen as young Nelly.
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Wuthering Heights is an adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name, which tells the story of the tumultuous relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff, an orphan adopted by Catherine's family.
If the film is to reflect the book accurately, film fans can expect an intense tale of love and revenge, set in 19th-century Yorkshire. Themes of social class, obsession and love feature heavily.
Margot Robbie will also star in the new film
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It marks Emerald's third collaboration with LuckyChap Entertainment, which is run by Margot, her husband Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara. Emerald teamed up with the company to make the films Promising Young Woman and Saltburn.
While she has not disclosed any details about Wuthering Heights, she has spoken about being "obsessed with the gothic" in the past.
Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Emerald disclosed: "I've always been obsessed with the gothic. Whether it was Edward Gorey's children who are variously choked by peaches, sucked dry by leeches or smothered by rugs; Du Maurier's imperilled heroines or the disturbing erotic power of Angela Carter's fairy tales, the gothic world has always had me in its grip.
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"It's a genre where comedy and horror, revulsion and desire, sex and death are forever entwined, where every exchange is heavy with the threat of violence, or sex or both."
Wuthering Heights will be released 13 February 2026
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