Joshua Zeman is behind the doc about a whale that scientists believe has spent its entire life in solitude.

Bleecker Street has taken the North American rights to documentary The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52, which counts Leonardo DiCaprio as an executive producer.

Joshua Zeman is behind the doc that chronicles the quest to find the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent its entire life in solitude calling out at a frequency that is different from any other whale. As the film embarks on this engrossing journey, audiences will explore what this whale’s lonely plight can teach us — not just about our changing relationship to the oceans, but to each other.

The film will be released in theaters on July 9, with a VOD release to follow.

Zeman and Jonathan Shukat produced the movie. Along with DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson, Lucy Sumner, Adrian Grenier, Brian Devine, Evan Krauss, Gabriel Napora, Yas Taalat and Yipeng Ben Lu executive produced the feature.

CAA Media Finance and Eisner negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.

Source: HollywoodReporter