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Slashed free of DisneyB次元官网网址檚 copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from B次元官网网址淪teamboat WillieB次元官网网址� is already the focus of two horror films. On Monday, just hours after the 1928 short entered the public domain, a trailer for B次元官网网址淢ickeyB次元官网网址檚 Mouse TrapB次元官网网址� dropped on YouTube. Another yet-to-be-titled film was announced Tuesday.

B次元官网网址淪teamboat WillieB次元官网网址� featured early versions of both Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, it was the third cartoon featuring the duo they made but the first to be released. In it, a more menacing Mickey, bearing more resemblance to rat than mouse, captains a boat and makes musical instruments out of other animals.

ItB次元官网网址檚 perhaps fitting, then, that the first projects announced are seemingly low-budget and campy slasher movies B次元官网网址� and not unprecedented. B次元官网网址� sans red shirt B次元官网网址� entered the public domain in 2022; scarcely a year later, he was notching up a heavy body count in

In the trailer for B次元官网网址淢ickeyB次元官网网址檚 Mouse Trap,B次元官网网址� directed by Jamie Bailey, what appears to be a human in a comically small Mickey mask terrorizes a group of young people at an arcade.

B次元官网网址淎 place for fun. A place for friends. A place for hunting,B次元官网网址� text flashed during the trailer reads. B次元官网网址淭he mouse is out.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淲e just wanted to have fun with it all. I mean itB次元官网网址檚 Steamboat WillieB次元官网网址檚 Mickey Mouse murdering people,B次元官网网址� director Jamie Bailey said in a statement cited by trade publications. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 ridiculous. We ran with it and had fun doing it and I think it shows.B次元官网网址�

No release date has been set.

The second movie is from director Steven LaMorte, who previously directed a horror parody of B次元官网网址淭he Grinch,B次元官网网址� which is not in the public domain (the movie is thus called B次元官网网址淭he Mean OneB次元官网网址�).

B次元官网网址淎 late-night boat ride turns into a desperate fight for survival in New York City when a mischievous mouse becomes a monstrous reality,B次元官网网址� is the logline for the untitled film, per a post on LaMorteB次元官网网址檚 Instagram.

B次元官网网址淪teamboat Willie has brought joy to generations, but beneath that cheerful exterior lies a potential for pure, unhinged terror,B次元官网网址� LaMorte said in a release cited by the trades. The movie has yet to begin production.

With the expiration of the 95-year copyright, the public is allowed to use only the initial versions of Mickey and Minnie B次元官网网址� not the more familiar character designs.

B次元官网网址淲e will, of course, continue to protect our rights in the more modern versions of Mickey Mouse and other works that remain subject to copyright,B次元官网网址� Disney said in a statement ahead of the characters entering the public domain.

LaMorte that the producers of his film are working with a legal team so as not to run afoul of Disney, and will call their raging rodent Steamboat Willie instead of Mickey Mouse.

B次元官网网址淲e are doing our due diligence to make sure thereB次元官网网址檚 no question or confusion of what weB次元官网网址檙e up to,B次元官网网址� he said.

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