EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has greenlit a new feature documentary about Keiko, the orca who became world famous after appearing in the 1993 movie Free Willy. The timing is on point, with Warner Bros. working ...

He was both a whale and a movie star. Keiko has died in a Norwegian bay yesterday. The orca starred in the "Free Willy" movies, in which a boy befriends a killer whale and persuades him to escape a ...

Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the "Free Willy" movies, has died in Norwegian coastal waters where he remained after millions of dollars and a decade of work failed to coax him back to the ...

David Phillips, executive director of the San Francisco-based Free Willy-Keiko Foundation, said Keiko had been in good health but started showed signs of lethargy and loss of appetite on Thursday.