fans learned the orca who played Willy in the movie — a killed whale named Keiko — was ill and living in a pool at an ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

The orca Keiko was taken from the wild as a young whale before spending most of his life in captivity. Once fans, especially children, of the 1993 film learned that the animal star didn't enjoy ...

The Good Whale chronicles the true story of the celebrity orca Keiko, the star of the ’90s hit film Free Willy. López Estrada — whose third directorial project, Raya and the Last Dragon ...

The orca Keiko was taken from the wild as a young whale before spending most of his life in captivity. Once fans, especially children, of the 1993 film learned that the animal star didn't enjoy the ...