Free Willy is swimming its way to the big screen for a new generation.
Warner Bros. and the Russo brothers’ AGBO are partnering on a reimagining of the 1993 adventure movie, tapping Mary-Margaret Kunze and Jade Halley Bartlett for the screenplay.
The original Free Willy follows a troubled preteen who finds his purpose to free an aging orca that was captured from the wild and put into a local aquarium as a tourist attraction. The beloved 90s movie became a franchise that spanned numerous theatrical and home video releases.
ABGO’s Angela Russo-Otstot, Michael Disco, and Kassee Whiting will produce, with Anthony and Joe Russo executive producing. Outside of Free Willy, the AGBO slate includes a John Rambo movie starring Noah Centineo for Lionsgate, the Robert De Niro crime thriller The Whisper Man, Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday and the third Extraction film.
Lauren Shuler Donner and Courtney Baker will co-produce the new Free Willy. Jesse Ehrman and Cate Adams will be overseeing for Warners.
