Disney’s iconic character, Mickey Mouse, is now within the public area, and firms are losing no time using him in new media content material.
On January 1, 2024, The Walt Disney Company gave up its rights to own Mickey Mouse, which means anybody can use the long-lasting character in media — together with in work, cartoons, novels, songs, and so forth. The Walt Disney Firm additionally gave up unique rights to Mickey’s girlfriend, Minnie Mouse.
And it appears firms are losing no time in using the long-lasting mouse as a Mickey Mouse horror-comedy movie is now within the works.
Much like the favored movie, ‘5 Nights At Freddy’s,’ the brand new movie, titled, ‘Mickey Mouse’s Entice,’ will comply with an individual in a Mickey Mouse costume who stalks and murders others inside a Chuck E. Cheese-type place.
New Horror Movie, ‘Mickey Mouse’s Entice,’ In The Works
First look & poster for ‘MICKEY’S MOUSETRAP’, a brand new Mickey Mouse horror film releasing in March. pic.twitter.com/DIXyETnCsT
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The official synopsis reads, “It’s Alex’s twenty first birthday, however she’s caught on the amusement arcade on a late shift so her buddies determine to shock her, however a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to play a sport of his personal with them which she should survive.”
The trailer teases the brand new film through the use of the tagline, “A spot for enjoyable, a spot for buddies, a spot for looking. The mouse is out.”
Watch the complete trailer beneath.
The film was directed by Jamie Bailey, who launched a press release following the trailer, admitting “We simply needed to have enjoyable with all of it. I imply it’s Steamboat Willie‘s Mickey Mouse murdering folks. It’s ridiculous. We ran with it and had enjoyable doing it and I feel it reveals.”
In response to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie will star Sophie McIntosh, Callum Sywyk, Allegra Nocita, Ben Harris, Damir Kovic, Mackenzie Mills, Nick Biskupek and Simon Phillips.
Paul Whitney, Mark Popejoy, Alexander Gausman, and Andrew Agopsowicz are producing with Filmcore’s Mem Ferda co-producing.
The Walt Disney Firm Loses Unique Rights To Mickey Mouse
The copyrights to Mickey and Minnie Mouse have been an ongoing battle for a lot of artists as they’ve tried to make use of the long-lasting characters in a number of cartoons, comedian strips, movies, and merchandise. After discovering out about the usage of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse outdoors of The Walt Disney Company, they sued these artists as a consequence of copyright infringement.
Now that Mickey Mouse is within the public area, we will count on to see the character utilized in numerous methods — a few of which received’t be kid-friendly.
In actual fact, years in the past artist Dan O’Neill tried to make use of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in his underground comedian e book, “Air Pirates Funnies,” which confirmed Mickey smuggling medicine and performing very intimate acts on Minnie Mouse.. if you realize what we imply.
In fact, The Walt Disney Company didn’t let that slide and sued O’Neill for copyright infringement. With a view to keep away from jail time, he agreed to by no means draw Mickey or Minnie once more.
“It’s nonetheless a criminal offense for me,” O’Neill mentioned of the lawsuit from years in the past.“If I draw an image of Mickey Mouse, I owe Walt Disney a $190,000 fantastic, $10,000 extra for authorized charges, and a yr in jail.”
Nonetheless, as of January 1, 2024, artists are free to attract or use Mickey or Minnie Mouse in any method they please.
