The "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse became public domain on Jan. 1, 2024. Is Disney losing Mickey? Current artists and creators will be able to make use of Mickey, but with major limits.

Steamboat Willie, Plane Crazy, and that first-ever version of Mickey all entered the public domain on January 1, ... “He was a real creep to begin with,” Larsen told ComicBook.

Unsurprisingly, it took less than a day for a Steamboat Willie horror movie to be announced, and the first reveal came from a director who is no stranger to the "mascot horror" genre. Director ...

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“Steamboat Willie,” a short film featuring an early incarnation of Disney’s scampering ... Mickey grasps for the last straws of childlike freedom as the real and punishing world rips them away!

Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," the first cartoon to star Mickey Mouse, is the star of a new horror trailer after becoming public domain Monday. A trailer for a slasher film "Mickey’s Mouse ...

Kingdom Hearts 4's realistic art style is a significant shift from its original anime-esque style, and there may be a focus on including more live-action properties. However, given that Steamboat ...

A second, as-yet-untitled horror film centered on Steamboat Willie, the earliest iteration of Disney’s beloved children’s character Mickey Mouse, is in the works from director-producer Steven ...

The company even made ‘Steamboat Willie’ available on YouTube for free back in 2009. "Here is the irony," McCleod says. " Steamboat Willie is based on a popular film at the time." ...

Steamboat Willie is a mouse, and so the character is mouse-sized, which adds to the absurdity — both intended and otherwise. The first-look photo juxtaposes Willie with a human-sized bench.

When Steamboat Willie was released in 1928, Walt Disney was facing ruin. ... - An inside look at the real Rupert Murdoch. At the time of its release, Disney was facing ruin.

A 1928 movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse enters public domain on Jan. 1. But creative and commercial access to the character is complicated by both copyright and trademark law.