{"id":106755,"date":"2025-10-17T18:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=106755"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:01:49","slug":"hbo-and-raw-are-in-production-on-a-documentary-series-about-the-epic-release-of-a-famous-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/17\/hbo-and-raw-are-in-production-on-a-documentary-series-about-the-epic-release-of-a-famous-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO and Raw Are in Production on a Documentary Series About the Epic Release of a Famous Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106756\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Keiko-Free-Willy-20251015a.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Keiko-Free-Willy-20251015a.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Keiko-Free-Willy-20251015a-296x300.webp 296w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Keiko-Free-Willy-20251015a-75x75.webp 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>HBO Documentary Films and Raw (<em>&#8220;Three Identical Strangers,&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t F*ck With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer&#8221;<\/em>) are currently in production on a multi-part documentary series about the real life <em><strong>&#8220;Free Willy&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em>whale named Keiko. 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