Mickey Mouse Inspired Horror Movie and Horror Game Announced After Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse Enters Public Domain
The face of the world-renowned The Walt Disney Company, Mickey Mouse is back in the news. It is next to impossible to imagine that a cartoon character, who has entertained the world for ages, is back in the entertainment world with a different and out-of-the-box avatar.
The trailer of the first-ever live-action horror feature film has already taken the internet by storm. According to the trailer, this time our favorite anthropomorphic rodent would not be seen dancing and singing around with Minnie Mouse, instead the killer version of Mickey Mouse is doing the rounds of the tinsel town.
Mickey’s Steamboat Willie Version Enters The Public Domain
The news of Mickey Mouse’s Steamboat Willie making its entry into the public domain has already created a lot of buzz in the global entertainment industry. The fun-loving mouse in his red pants was first seen in the 1928 short movie Steamboat Willie directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks and the rest is history. Disney had held the copyright for more than nine decades. In a direct statement to CNN, a Disney spokesperson spoke about the copyright issue, which mentioned-
“More modern versions of Mickey will remain unaffected by the expiration of the Steamboat Willie copyright, and Mickey will continue to play a leading role as a global ambassador for the Walt Disney Company in our storytelling, theme park attractions, and merchandise.”
The spokesperson further added that the Walt Disney-led company would protect the modern versions of the widely renowned mouse. The statement further states-
“continue to protect our rights in the more modern versions of Mickey Mouse and other works that remain subject to copyright, and we will work to safeguard against consumer confusion caused by unauthorized uses of Mickey and our other iconic characters.”
Mickey Mouse isn’t the first character to enter the Public domain. In 2022 Winnie The Pooh was introduced after the copyright expiration on A.A. Milne’s original Winnie The Pooh which led to the development of the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, a horror film in 2023.
Mickey Mouse-Inspired Horror Movie And Horror Game Announced
After the entry of Steamboat Willie into the public domain, the trailer of the live-action horror feature film with none other than Mickey Mouse as a killer has created ripples on the internet. The synopsis of the Mickey Mouse Trap mentions
“It’s Alex’s 21st birthday, but she’s stuck at the amusement arcade on a late shift so her friends decide to surprise her, but a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to play a game of his own with them which she must survive.”
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With the recent announcement of the Mickey Mouse Trap life-action horror movie, the Nightmare Forge games have come up with Infestation-88, a 1-4-player survival horror game. The developers have described Infestation-88 as
“In the year 1988, what was thought to be an outbreak of rodents in various locations morphed into something far more sinister.”
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Not much has been revealed about the game as well as the movie, but according to the latest developments on Mickey’s Mouse Trap, actors like Sophie McIntosh, Allegra Nocita, Damir Kovic, Nick Biskupek, and Simon Phillips are a significant part of the upcoming movie.
Mickey’s Mouse Trap is expected to hit the theatres in March 2024. Check out the official trailer of Mickey’s Mouse Trap linked below.
