Of course, the first Steamboat Willie horror movie is already here

Beginning of 2024 an important milestone In U.S. copyright law, it is Steamboat Willie– and the first versions of Mickey and Minnie –into the public domain first.As with the classics before it, in record time people began declaring what is now inevitable with any new public domain work: if this classic is dark and twisted Actually?

back Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey has turned AA Milne’s children’s story into a bloody and brutal horror film, and now Jamie Bailey’s Mickey Mouse Trap Aiming to do the same thing for the 1928 animated short.

Although not within the scope of publication blood and honey The goals achieved last year, Mickey Mouse Trap It tells the story of a young woman named Alex who, on her 21st birthday, finds herself working the night shift at an amusement park, only to find that there is a man dressed as Steamboat Willie Star.A bit Five Nights at Freddy’sa bit sawwhich kind of sidesteps what you can actually do Steamboat Willie.The movie’s title pretty much dances around the fact that Disney still owns Mickey as a character in the trademark (i.e. his name), and it’s telling that Mickey isn’t mentioned once in the trailer – although we did watch Got some snippets Steamboat Willie Play of course.

Unless Disney has something to say, Mickey Mouse Trap It’s expected to be released sometime in March, and it’s not the only one Steamboat Willie-Use your job to make yourself known.as we noticed yesterdayNightmare Forge Game’ infestation88 is bringing Steamboat Willie to the world of horror games, and edge Note that people are already using this movie to train Artificial Intelligence Image Generator and re-upload the original clip Go to YouTube (Disney itself does this too 14 years ago).Even if it’s just a second Steamboat Willie Horror movie about Mickey torturing ferry passengers announced Filming begins this spring.

Considering how much legal ownership Disney still has of Mickey Mouse beyond its 1928 appearance, it will take time for people to actually want to do it and have the courage to do it. Steamboat Willie Now it has entered the public domain. At the moment, we are simply in an age of exploitation. This time it happens to be in the hands of the public, rather than from the Mouse House itself.

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