Photo by Colin Davey/Getty Images Free Willy is a classic film even today and features an orphan trying to reunite a killer whale, Willy, with its pod and save it from captivity. Well, sometimes ...

The 1993 film was a hit, but not many knew of the whereabouts of the star orca of the movie, Keiko, until now. So, what happened to the killer whale?

About The Good Whale In the summer of 1993, the movie “Free Willy” — about a captive killer whale that’s heroically set free — was an unexpected hit.

Free Willy is a family drama about an orphan, Jesse, who befriends a young killer whale, Willy, who was separated from his pod and placed in captivity. The film ends with Jesse leading Willy to ...

Dave Phillips, a scientist that helped to rewild Keiko, the orca who starred in "Free Willy," is working to help two other killer whales, Wikie and Keijo, move from a closed marine park to a sea ...

Keiko, the killer whale star of the Free Willy movies, has been buried in a secret ceremony in Norway. The six-tonne orca died on Friday from suspected pneumonia in the Norwegian bay where he had been ...

Keiko, the killer whale, spent time at the Oregon Coast Aquarium after living in a small tank in Mexico. He was the star of the popular film "Free Willy." ...

3am US Celebrity News Warner Brothers Inc. Where Free Willy cast are now – prison stint, Bond role and tragic fate of killer whale Free Willy has long been a beloved blockbuster movie, with it ...

Miami’s modern-day ‘Free Willy’ must be saved | Commentary FILE – Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995.

In the late 80s and early 90s, kids could not escape orca mania. Credit: Micco Caporale As much as Free Willy was a product of profit-driven whale worship, it was also a widely distributed ...

Keiko, the killer whale that starred in the film Free Willy, has died in Norway at the age of 27, 18 months after he was returned to the wild. The six-ton whale apparently suffered a sudden bout of ...