At 12:01 am this morning, the earliest iteration of one of many world’s most beloved youngsters’s characters entered the general public area. Shortly thereafter, the trailer for a slasher movie known as Mickey’s Mouse Trap was posted on-line.
In it, clips from Walt Disney‘s 1928 animated traditional Steamboat Willie are proven interspersed with newly-shot footage that tells the story of a mouse mask-wearing killer who stalks college-age youngsters at an arcade.
Here’s the logline: It’s Alex’s twenty first Birthday, however she’s caught on the amusement arcade on a late shift so her associates determine to shock her, however a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to play a recreation of his personal with them which she should survive.
The movie was shot, edited and directed by Jamie Bailey and written by Simon Phillips. A trailer for the Steamboat Willie impressed horror recreation Infestation 88 having additionally dropped a trailer earlier right now.
So is there a lawsuit within the filmmakers’ future?
“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,” a Disney spokesperson stated of the dos and don’ts of the sound-synched movie coming into the general public area right now. “We will, of course, 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,” the corporate added.
The sharpest leghold lure Disney can nonetheless put right down to snare anybody attempting to encroach on its Mickey territory is notion. Even although the unique incarnation of AA Milne’s beloved character had slipped into the general public dominion in 2022, nobody of their proper thoughts really thought Disney was behind final 12 months’s Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and moving into slasher flicks. However, if there was to be a model of Steamboat Willie and/or Plane Crazy’s Mickey or Minnie that in any manner lead customers to imagine it got here from Disney and even implied as a lot, the Mouse House’s lawyer would shut that mission down quicker than a nighttime Magic Kingdom parade in a thunderstorm.
In reality, appended to the trailer is the next: “DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT NOT A DISNEY FILM OR PRODUCTION. IT IS NOT TO AFFILIATED OR ENDORSED BY DISNEY IN ANY WAY. This film makes use of Public domain Steam Boat Willie Mickey Mouse only. Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse entered public domain on January 1st 2024.”
Dominic Patten contributed to this report.
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