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.

"The haunting of Steamboat Willie hours after hitting the public domain is fast work. #Infestation88 gives Mickey Mouse and his House of Mouse a whole new meaning," they wrote on X.

At least two Mickey Mouse-inspired horror movies have been announced as the 1928 short 'Steamboat Willie' enters the public domain.

A Steamboat Willie horror movie has been announced as Mickey Mouse enters the public domain in 2024.; Indie horror director Steven LaMorte is taking charge of the project after his hit film Winnie ...

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 ...

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.

San Francisco-California, Jan. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The upcoming release of the Steamboat Willie Game on Tuesday marks a groundbreaking moment in the convergence of public domain content ...

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.

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 video titled "Steamboat Willie (Brock's Dub)" features the entirety of the 1928 Disney animated short Steamboat Willie. Baker dubbed the nearly 8-minute cartoon with his own voiceover.

Steamboat Willie Incident promises a terrifying adventure with no release date yet. Indie game developer and publisher Mascot Bro Studio released a new teaser trailer for their upcoming horror ...

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 ...