The is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain.

Slashed free of Disney91裸聊视频檚 copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from 91裸聊视频淪teamboat Willie91裸聊视频� is already the focus of two horror films. On Monday, just hours after the 1928 short entered the public domain, a trailer for 91裸聊视频淢ickey91裸聊视频檚 Mouse Trap91裸聊视频� dropped on YouTube. Another yet-to-be-titled film was announced Tuesday.

91裸聊视频淪teamboat Willie91裸聊视频� featured early versions of both Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, it was the third cartoon featuring the duo they made but the first to be released. In it, a more menacing Mickey, bearing more resemblance to rat than mouse, captains a boat and makes musical instruments out of other animals.

It91裸聊视频檚 perhaps fitting, then, that the first projects announced are seemingly low-budget and campy slasher movies 91裸聊视频� and not unprecedented. 91裸聊视频� sans red shirt 91裸聊视频� entered the public domain in 2022; scarcely a year later, he was notching up a heavy body count in

In the trailer for 91裸聊视频淢ickey91裸聊视频檚 Mouse Trap,91裸聊视频� directed by Jamie Bailey, what appears to be a human in a comically small Mickey mask terrorizes a group of young people at an arcade.

91裸聊视频淎 place for fun. A place for friends. A place for hunting,91裸聊视频� text flashed during the trailer reads. 91裸聊视频淭he mouse is out.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲e just wanted to have fun with it all. I mean it91裸聊视频檚 Steamboat Willie91裸聊视频檚 Mickey Mouse murdering people,91裸聊视频� director Jamie Bailey said in a statement cited by trade publications. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 ridiculous. We ran with it and had fun doing it and I think it shows.91裸聊视频�

No release date has been set.

The second movie is from director Steven LaMorte, who previously directed a horror parody of 91裸聊视频淭he Grinch,91裸聊视频� which is not in the public domain (the movie is thus called 91裸聊视频淭he Mean One91裸聊视频�).

91裸聊视频淎 late-night boat ride turns into a desperate fight for survival in New York City when a mischievous mouse becomes a monstrous reality,91裸聊视频� is the logline for the untitled film, per a post on LaMorte91裸聊视频檚 Instagram.

91裸聊视频淪teamboat Willie has brought joy to generations, but beneath that cheerful exterior lies a potential for pure, unhinged terror,91裸聊视频� LaMorte said in a release cited by the trades. The movie has yet to begin production.

With the expiration of the 95-year copyright, the public is allowed to use only the initial versions of Mickey and Minnie 91裸聊视频� not the more familiar character designs.

91裸聊视频淲e will, of course, continue to protect our rights in the more modern versions of Mickey Mouse and other works that remain subject to copyright,91裸聊视频� Disney said in a statement ahead of the characters entering the public domain.

LaMorte that the producers of his film are working with a legal team so as not to run afoul of Disney, and will call their raging rodent Steamboat Willie instead of Mickey Mouse.

91裸聊视频淲e are doing our due diligence to make sure there91裸聊视频檚 no question or confusion of what we91裸聊视频檙e up to,91裸聊视频� he said.

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