Warner Bros. is developing a reimagining of the 1993 family adventure film “Free Willy,” with production handled by AGBO, the company associated with Anthony and Joe Russo. Multiple outlets report that the studio has enlisted Mary-Margaret Kunze and Jade Halley Bartlett to write the screenplay for the new installment. Kunze has recent credits including “Miller’s Girl” and “Icebreaker,” while Bartlett has worked on projects such as “Miller’s Girl” and “The Boroughs,” according to the reports. The original “Free Willy,” released in 1993 by Warner Bros. Pictures, centers on an orphaned boy who forms a bond with an orca whale, and it helped launch a franchise of films about the character. The current reporting focuses on the development and the writing team; specific casting, release timing, and plot details for the reimagining have not been provided in the sources summarized here.
Warner Bros. and AGBO develop Free Willy reimagining with new screenwriters
Warner Bros. is developing a reimagining of the 1993 family adventure film “Free Willy,” with production handled by AGBO, the company associated with Anthony and Joe Russo. Multiple outlets report tha...
- Warner Bros. is developing a reimagining of the 1993 film “Free Willy.”
- Production is associated with AGBO, linked to Anthony and Joe Russo.
- Mary-Margaret Kunze and Jade Halley Bartlett are tapped to write the screenplay.
- The original “Free Willy” was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1993 and focuses on an orphaned boy and an orca whale.
- The project is in development; the sources do not specify casting or a release date.
Warner Bros. Pictures has tapped Mary-Margaret Kunze and Jade Halley Bartlett to write the film reimagining of Free Willy that the studio has in the works with the Russo brothers’ AGBO. The first Free Willy film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1993, launching a franchise of movies about the beloved orca whale that […]
2 hours agoWarner Bros. is developing a reimaging of the ’90s family adventure movie, “Free Willy,” produced by Anthony and Joe Russo’s AGBO. The team has tapped Mary-Margaret Kunze (“Miller’s Girl,” “Icebreaker”) and Jade Halley Bartlett (“Miller’s Girl,” “The Boroughs”) to write a screenplay for the new movie. Released in 1993, “Free Willy,” about an orphaned boy […]
2 hours agoMary-Margaret Kunze and Jade Halley Bartlett will write the new take on the 1993 adventure movie.
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