The best-known Mickey Mouse film from those days is “ Steamboat Willie,” the seven-minute short that hit theaters in November of that year and kickstarted his international fame.

“Steamboat Willie,” entered the public domain for the first time. Credit: LMPC/Getty Images (CNN) — Mickey Mouse has landed a new role: horror-movie villain.

The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain. Slashed free of Disney's copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie” is ...

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 ...

Despite several Mickey Mouse horror projects being eager to be the first out of the gate in 2024, a short analog horror film has beaten them to it. The Vanishing of S.S. Willie Sails onto YouTube ...

“Steamboat Willie,” has entered the public domain. Now, the early Mickey Mouse is the subject of two upcoming horror movies. (LMPC, Getty Images) Save Story Leer en españolRead in English ...