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.

We’ve seen a slew of announcements from indie horror filmmakers and distributors looking to take advantage of Mickey Mouse’s ...

When Mickey’s Steamboat Willie character entered public domain on Jan. 1, director Jamie Bailey shared the first teaser trailer for his upcoming horror-comedy flick Mickey’s Mouse Trap. In the ...

Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in the 1928 animated short “Steamboat Willie.” That early iteration of the iconic Walt Disney character officially entered the public domain on January 1 ...

Mickey’s Mouse Trap didn’t miss a beat when Disney lost the copyright to its Steamboat Willie Mickey at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2024. In response to the film news, a Walt Disney Company ...

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 ...

On the first day that Disney‘s 1928 short Steamboat Willie entered the public domain, a trailer has dropped for a horror comedy film featuring none other than Mickey Mouse as the killer.

Now, get ready for “Steamboat Willie” horror films. The 1928 version of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain on Monday, and indie horror producers are wasting no time in capitalizing on it.

When the calendar changed from 2023 to 2024, the Mickey Mouse known as “Steamboat Willie” was among a group of characters, films and books that are no longer protected as intellectual property.

With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain in 2024.

The best-known Mickey Mouse film from those days is “Steamboat Willie,” the seven-minute short that hit theaters in November of that year and kickstarted his international fame. But it wasn ...

Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in the 1928 animated short “Steamboat Willie.” That early iteration of the iconic Walt Disney character officially entered the public domain on January 1 ...