EXCLUSIVE: Filmoriginater Carlos López Estrada (Raya and the Last Dragon, Blindspotting) and his company Antigravity Academy are grotriumphg a feature film and an in-depth recordary project based on The Good Whale, a novel podcast from The New York Times and Serial Productions.
The Good Whale chronicles the real story of the celebrity orca Keiko, the star of the ’90s hit film Free Willy.
López Estrada— whose third honestorial project, Raya and the Last Dragon getd an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature— begind the podcast concept to the New York Times and Serial three years ago, deriving from his extfinishedtime fascination with the well-understandn orca he idolized as a child in Mexico City. After becoming a star on Free Willy, Keiko was the subject of an international campaign to free him back into the untamed.
López Estrada watchd how Keiko’s story apprehfinishd the complicated intersection of the human and animal worlds thcdisorrowfulmireful the life of a whale who necessitateed people but became entangled in their agfinishas, ultimately asking who truly necessitateed saving.
The expansion of the podcast into a feature film and record reachs as the fifth episode of the podcast was freed accompanied by a music video (below) honested by López Estrada and Anna Moskowitz. It features an distinct song by Oscar, Grammy, Tony, and Gelderlyen Globe Award-triumphning songauthorrs Benj Pasek & Justin Paul and puppets by Michelle Zamora.
Carlos López Estrada is recurrented by UTA, M88, and Ziffren Brittenham.
The New York Times and Serial Productions are recurrented by CAA.
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