Most people who grew up in the 1990s remember Free Willy, the feel-good movie that convinced millions that a whale could gain ...

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, ...

Researchers find that the star of 'Free Willy' should not have been released. April 28, 2009— -- Willy was never really free. The killer whale star of the Hollywood movie Free Willy had to be ...

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.

When Michael Madsen died, the first movie I thought of was Free Willy. You read that right: Free Willy, the 1993 feel-good drama about an orphan boy named Jesse (Jason James Richter) who befriends an ...

Michael Madsen's death was confirmed to PEOPLE on Thursday, July 3 Michael Madsen, who played Glen in Free Willy, died on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at 67 Costar Jason James Richter remembered sharing ...