I don’t know precisely when I first watched Free Willy. But I do remember that the film was central to a childhood obsession with whales – orcas, specifically – that followed me well into adulthood.

The captive male orca who appeared in hit film Free Willy is getting its own documentary. HBO has greenlit a docuseries about Keiko, the whale from the 1993 film, from All3Media’s Raw Television, ...

It was one of the most unconventional friendships of all time, yet it somehow stole our hearts. Yes, we are talking about the hit 1993 movie Free Willy, which follows an orphan named Jesse (Jason ...

After helping Free Willy taste freedom, Dave Phillips is working to give two other orcas a life outside captivity, Phillips, a director of the International Marine Mammal Project at Earth Island ...