Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home is a 1995 American family film and the sequel to the 1993 film Free Willy as well as the second installment in the Free Willy film series distributed by Warner Bros. under their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label. It is directed by Dwight Little from a screenplay by Karen Janszen, Corey Blechman and John Mattson. Jason James Richter, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, Mykelti Williamson and Michael Madsen reprise their roles from the first film. New cast members include Jon Tenney and Elizabeth Peña. Unlike the previous film where Keiko played Willy, a robotic double created by Edge Innovations was used to play the eponymous whale while the Free Willy Keiko Foundation devised a plan to bring Keiko to the Oregon Coast Aquarium where he would be rehabilitated from poor health.
Filming commenced in Astoria, Oregon and the San Juan Islands between April and August 1994 with additional filming taking place in California.
The film opened to mixed reviews from critics. And despite underperforming at the box office, a third film Free Willy 3: The Rescue was subsequently released in 1997.
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