Disney’s iconic character, Mickey Mouse, is now within the public area, and corporations are losing no time using him in new media content material.
On January 1, 2024, The Walt Disney Firm gave up its rights to personal Mickey Mouse, that means anybody can use the enduring character in media — together with in work, cartoons, novels, songs, and so on. 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 enduring mouse as a Mickey Mouse horror-comedy movie is now within the works.
Just 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 pals resolve 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 trailer teases the brand new film by utilizing the tagline, “A spot for enjoyable, a spot for pals, a spot for looking. The mouse is out.”
Watch the total trailer beneath.
The film was directed by Jamie Bailey, who launched an announcement 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 believe it exhibits.”
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 enduring characters in a number of cartoons, comedian strips, movies, and merchandise. After discovering out about using Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse outdoors of The Walt Disney Firm, they sued these artists as a result 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 gained’t be kid-friendly.
In reality, 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 what we imply.
In fact, The Walt Disney Firm didn’t let that slide and sued O’Neill for copyright infringement. With a purpose 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 stated of the lawsuit from years in the past.“If I draw an image of Mickey Mouse, I owe Walt Disney a $190,000 wonderful, $10,000 extra for authorized charges, and a 12 months in jail.”
Nonetheless, as of January 1, 2024, artists are free to attract or use Mickey or Minnie Mouse in any approach they please.
