Mickey Mouse horror film unveiled as copyright ends - BBC News

The trailer for the slasher movie was released as the cartoon character entered the public domain.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Mickey's Mouse TrapBy Noor NanjiCulture reporterIt's Mickey, but not as you've ever seen him before.

A trailer for a slasher film, featuring a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse, was released on 1 January, the day that Disney's copyright on the earliest versions of the cartoon character expired in the US.

"We just wanted to have fun with it," the movie's director said.

A new Mickey-inspired horror game, showing the rodent covered with blood stains, also dropped on the same day.

Steamboat Willie, a 1928 short film featuring early non-speaking versions of Mickey and Minnie, entered the public domain in the US on New Year's Day.

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