"Wuthering Heights" Done MTV-Style
It was previously announced by MTV's Lois Curren that "Wuthering Heights" will be the next original movie to appear on MTV. "Wuthering Heights" will be an adaptation of the classic novel by Emily Bronte about doomed and tragic love, conflicting passion and revenge, updated for the MTV audience in a dramatic and music-driven tale.
The movie just finished production in Puerto Rico and will air in September 2003.
A blockbuster group of young actors and actresses including Erika Christensen ("Traffic"), Mike Vogel ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre") Chris Masterson ("Malcolm in the Middle") Katherine Heigl ("Roswell") and Johnny Whitworth ("The Rainmaker") are set to star in this adaptation. Christensen will play the role that was immortalized by Merle Oberon in the 1939 classic movie also starring Sir Laurence Olivier. Christensen, Vogel and Whitworth will be making their on-screen singing debuts.
"We have a tremendous cast of established talent along with some new, fresh faces who we are confident are poised to be the stars of tomorrow," commented Maggie Malina, VP MTV Original Movies. "To date, we have had amazing success at finding new talent, casting them in our movies and watching them catapult to stardom - like Joy Bryant, Bow Wow and Beyonce Knowles all in their acting debuts. We're confident that our intuition will be right on with some of the new faces you'll see in 'Wuthering Heights'."
"Wuthering Heights" tells the story of Cate (Erika Christensen) and Hendrix (Johnny Whitworth), young siblings living with their counterculture father Earnshaw in a ramshackle lighthouse known as 'The Heights'.
Cate is free-spirited and happy, but curious about the world outside her home. On his travels, Earnshaw encounters a reclusive homeless boy, Heath (Mike Vogel), who he invites into their home. Heath is an intense child with natural musical abilities, and he draws immediate reactions from the family - love from Cate, fatherly love from Earnshaw, and jealousy from displaced Hendrix.
Cate, in a desperate attempt to quash her feeling for Heath, accepts a hasty marriage proposal from Edward Linton (Chris Masterson), a shy suitor. But their happiness is short-lived as Cate cannot escape her true feelings for Heath. As she withdraws, her adoring husband grows impatient and jealous. When Heath returns to reclaim the Heights from Hendrix, it's only a matter of time before he and Cate are reunited for one secret tryst.
CAST INFORMATION
Erika Christensen stunned audiences as Michael Douglas' drug addicted daughter in Steven Soderbergh's Oscar and Golden Globe winning film, TRAFFIC. Christensen will next be seen this fall starring in Paramount Pictures' THE PERFECT SCORE.
Mike Vogel just wrapped the Warner Bros. feature film GRIND for director Casey La Scala. GRIND chronicles four young boys as they journey across the United States to get on a coveted skateboarding tour. Also upcoming for Vogel, is the remake of 11974 horror classic, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE set for release in October 2003.
Chris Masterson is a young and talented actor currently starring as a cast member of the FOX Emmy award-winning hit comedy, "Malcolm in the Middle". Chris portrays 'Francis,' Malcolm's eldest brother, a smooth-talking delinquent whose escapades land him in military school.
Katherine Heigl is most widely recognized for her role on the WB hit show, "Roswell." Heigl made her feature debut at the age of 12 in THAT NIGHT which starred Juliette Lewis and C. Thomas Howell and later appeared in the Steven Soderbergh Depression-era drama, KING OF THE HILL. Those films laid the foundation for what was to be her breakout performance in Touchstone Pictures' MY FATHER THE HERO.
Johnny Whitworth began his acting career appearing in such hit films as EMPIRE RECORDS, BYE, BYE LOVE, SOMEBODY IS WAITING and most notably, playing the leukemia victim Donnie Ray Black in "THE RAINMAKER." Johnny's next film is the indie comedy, KISS THE BRIDE.
The movie just finished production in Puerto Rico and will air in September 2003.
A blockbuster group of young actors and actresses including Erika Christensen ("Traffic"), Mike Vogel ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre") Chris Masterson ("Malcolm in the Middle") Katherine Heigl ("Roswell") and Johnny Whitworth ("The Rainmaker") are set to star in this adaptation. Christensen will play the role that was immortalized by Merle Oberon in the 1939 classic movie also starring Sir Laurence Olivier. Christensen, Vogel and Whitworth will be making their on-screen singing debuts.
"We have a tremendous cast of established talent along with some new, fresh faces who we are confident are poised to be the stars of tomorrow," commented Maggie Malina, VP MTV Original Movies. "To date, we have had amazing success at finding new talent, casting them in our movies and watching them catapult to stardom - like Joy Bryant, Bow Wow and Beyonce Knowles all in their acting debuts. We're confident that our intuition will be right on with some of the new faces you'll see in 'Wuthering Heights'."
"Wuthering Heights" tells the story of Cate (Erika Christensen) and Hendrix (Johnny Whitworth), young siblings living with their counterculture father Earnshaw in a ramshackle lighthouse known as 'The Heights'.
Cate is free-spirited and happy, but curious about the world outside her home. On his travels, Earnshaw encounters a reclusive homeless boy, Heath (Mike Vogel), who he invites into their home. Heath is an intense child with natural musical abilities, and he draws immediate reactions from the family - love from Cate, fatherly love from Earnshaw, and jealousy from displaced Hendrix.
Cate, in a desperate attempt to quash her feeling for Heath, accepts a hasty marriage proposal from Edward Linton (Chris Masterson), a shy suitor. But their happiness is short-lived as Cate cannot escape her true feelings for Heath. As she withdraws, her adoring husband grows impatient and jealous. When Heath returns to reclaim the Heights from Hendrix, it's only a matter of time before he and Cate are reunited for one secret tryst.
CAST INFORMATION
Erika Christensen stunned audiences as Michael Douglas' drug addicted daughter in Steven Soderbergh's Oscar and Golden Globe winning film, TRAFFIC. Christensen will next be seen this fall starring in Paramount Pictures' THE PERFECT SCORE.
Mike Vogel just wrapped the Warner Bros. feature film GRIND for director Casey La Scala. GRIND chronicles four young boys as they journey across the United States to get on a coveted skateboarding tour. Also upcoming for Vogel, is the remake of 11974 horror classic, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE set for release in October 2003.
Chris Masterson is a young and talented actor currently starring as a cast member of the FOX Emmy award-winning hit comedy, "Malcolm in the Middle". Chris portrays 'Francis,' Malcolm's eldest brother, a smooth-talking delinquent whose escapades land him in military school.
Katherine Heigl is most widely recognized for her role on the WB hit show, "Roswell." Heigl made her feature debut at the age of 12 in THAT NIGHT which starred Juliette Lewis and C. Thomas Howell and later appeared in the Steven Soderbergh Depression-era drama, KING OF THE HILL. Those films laid the foundation for what was to be her breakout performance in Touchstone Pictures' MY FATHER THE HERO.
Johnny Whitworth began his acting career appearing in such hit films as EMPIRE RECORDS, BYE, BYE LOVE, SOMEBODY IS WAITING and most notably, playing the leukemia victim Donnie Ray Black in "THE RAINMAKER." Johnny's next film is the indie comedy, KISS THE BRIDE.
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