Warner Bros. is developing a reboot or reimagining of the 1993 family adventure film “Free Willy,” according to multiple reports. The original movie centers on a boy who befriends a captive orca, and it became known as a family-friendly drama. One outlet notes that the film was released in 1993 and was shot in Portland and along the Oregon coast. Another report says Warner Bros. is moving ahead with the new project and that the studio has brought in screenwriters Mary-Margaret Kunze and Jade Halley Bartlett to work on the screenplay. The available information does not specify a release date, cast, or whether the reboot will follow the original plot closely or introduce major changes. Overall, coverage agrees that Warner Bros. is currently working on a new version of “Free Willy” by developing a new script with the selected writing team, building on the legacy of the original film’s story about a relationship formed around a whale.