THE HUB TV NETWORK PRESENTS THE WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE OF FEATURE FILM "FREE WILLY: ESCAPE FROM PIRATE'S COVE"

Featuring Beau Bridges and Bindi Irwin, Australian Superstar And Wildlife Conservationist

On Friday, July 8 (8-10:30 p.m. ET), The Hub television network presents the world television premiere of the feature film "Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove," starring award-winning actor Beau Bridges ("The Other Side of the Mountain," "Norma Rae," "The Fabulous Baker Boys") and internationally recognized young superstar and wildlife expert Bindi Irwin. The film is the heartwarming story of a girl who discovers a baby Orca whale stranded in a lagoon near her grandfather's rundown seaside amusement park in South Africa and embarks on a quest to lead the marine mammal back to his pod.

Encores of this delightful family movie will be presented Saturday, July 9th at 4:30 p.m. ET and throughout the month of August. The film presentation is part of a feature film license from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

Warner Premiere presents a Film Afrika/Apollomovie production, "Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove," directed by Will Geiger from his own screenplay, story by Cindy McCreery. The family adventure is produced by David Wicht, John Stainton and Laura Lodin, with Chris Miller serving as executive producer.

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