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.

This still image from video provided by Disney shows the character Mickey Mouse in the 1928 animated short "Steamboat Willie." On Monday, Jan. 1, the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie ...

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 ...

On the first day that Disney ‘s 1928 short Steamboat Willie entered the public domain, a trailer has dropped for a horror comedy film featuring none other than Mickey Mouse as the killer.

“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 ...