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As Disney's 1928 short 'Steamboat Willie' enters public domain, director Steven LaMorte has announced an upcoming Mickey Mouse horror film.

At least two movies starring a version of Disney’s mascot were announced as the copyright for “Steamboat Willie” entered the public domain for the first time.

A second Steamboat Willie horror film has been announced just a day after the earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse entered public domain.

While Disney has successfully prolonged its copyrights to the original, silent version of Mickey Mouse for decades, that time has finally come to an end. The original version of the character shown in Steamboat Willie is now public domain and film and game makers are already lining up to take advantage of that. Nightmare Forge …

A trailer for a Mickey Mouse horror film was released on 1 January 2024, the same day that Disney’s copyright on the earliest known version of the cartoon character entered public domain. Mickey’s Mouse Trap features a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse wearing a mask which appears to be inspired by the Steamboat Willie version of the character. It was released after its copyright to the 1928 version of the character expired in the US. The country’s copyright law says rights to characters can be held for 95 years.