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It uses the American public domain status of the short animated film Steamboat Willie, featuring the earliest version of Mickey Mouse. [2] The film was released via YouTube on January 1, 2024 and is credited as the first released film to have been derived from Steamboat Willie since the cartoon entered the public domain. [3]
To celebrate, there's already a creepy video game with Mickey's Steamboat Willie likeness, Infestation 88, in the works. (See the trailer below if you're not easily spooked!)
Steamboat Willie (Brock's Dub) Redubbed original cartoon A redubbed version of Steamboat Willie posted on YouTube. The video received some media notoriety for being the first Steamboat Willie-video to receive and survive a copyright-claim from The Walt Disney Company. On January 6, YouTube revoked the copyright-claim from Disney. [12] [13] [14]
Infestation: Origins (originally titled Infestation '88) is an upcoming survival horror game developed and published by Nightmare Forge Games. The game is known for featuring Mickey Mouse as he appeared in the 1928 animated short film Steamboat Willie. It was announced on January 1, 2024, after the short entered the public domain in the United ...
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Steamboat Willie was an immediate hit, while Gang War has since been lost and all but forgotten today. A Colony theatre bill, from November 18, 1928, promoting Steamboat Willie in the second row. The success of Steamboat Willie not only led to international fame for Walt Disney but for Mickey as well. Variety (November 21, 1928) wrote:
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.