Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," the first cartoon to star Mickey Mouse, is the star of a new horror trailer after becoming public domain Monday. A trailer for a slasher film "Mickey’s Mouse ...

Mickey Mouse has come to define the entire Disney brand and made his first appearance in the 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie, which has now entered the public domain 95 years after its release.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. At least two Mickey Mouse-inspired horror movies have been announced since 1928’s “Steamboat Willie” — which features the earliest version of the iconic character ...

“Ever since Mickey Mouse’s first appearance in the 1928 short film Steamboat Willie, people have associated the character with Disney’s stories, experiences, and authentic products,” the ...

Screamboat Willie will star David Howard Thornton (famous for the Terrifier series) as the killer mouse, and stand-in for Mickey. LaMorte, also told Variety that he hopes audiences find the movie ...

Now, get ready for “Steamboat Willie” horror films. The 1928 version of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain on Monday, and indie horror producers are wasting no time in capitalizing on it.

In a statement to CNN, a Disney spokesperson said “More modern versions of Mickey will remain unaffected by the expiration of the Steamboat Willie copyright, and Mickey will continue to play a ...

“When Mickey first appeared in ‘Steamboat Willie,’ it was a game changer,” says Joe Wos, a cartoon historian and the Emmy-winning host of PBS’s “Cartoon Academy.” It was “one of ...

But the cartoon creature who stars in the animated short ‘Steamboat Willie’ isn’t a lot like the Mickey we know today. He’s more rascally and rough. His roots in the blackface minstrel ...