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LOS ANGELES: Oh boy! Barely 24 hours after Disney’s initial copyright on Mickey Mouse expired, two new indie horror...

Now that Steamboat Willie has entered the public domain, a new trailer has been released for an upcoming Mickey Mouse horror movie. The upcoming film is titled Mickey’s Mouse Trap.

After only two days in the public domain, Steamboat Willie and its version of Mickey Mouse has been adapted by two different filmmakers into horror films. While the trailer for Jamie’s Bailey slasher take on the famous mouse was released yesterday, The Mean One director Steven LaMorte promises to bring a more

Oh boy! Barely 24 hours after Disney's initial copyright on Mickey Mouse expired, two new indie horror films starring the beloved character have been announced. "Steamboat Willie," the first Disney movie to feature Mickey, entered the public domain under US law on Monday, 95 years on from its initial release. That means anyone is now free to copy, share, reuse and adapt the primitive, early versions of the characters that appear within the film, including Mickey and his girlfriend Minnie.

The 1928 version of Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain, and indie horror producers are wasting no time in capitalising on it.