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In the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan, set in 1944, a German prisoner of war, nicknamed "Steamboat Willie", tries to win the sympathy of his American captors by talking about Mickey Mouse. [ 61 ] In the 2008 film of the TV series Futurama titled The Beast with a Billion Backs , the opening is a parody of Steamboat Willie .
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]
This is not your grandma's Steamboat Willie.Not only is the original Mickey Mouse from the beloved 1928 black-and-white Disney cartoon a serial killer now, he's also not a mouse.
While the Walt Disney Company retains exclusive rights to the depictions of Mickey Mouse from their own franchise, the Steamboat Willie version of the character entered the public domain on January 1, 2024; one day later, Screamboat was announced. [1] [2] Screamboat is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on April 2, 2025.
The earliest known version of Disney’s iconic character entered the public domain on Jan. 1 — 95 years after appearing in the 1928 short film “Steamboat Willie.” Prepare for darker ...
But since US law allows copyright to be held for 95 years, on January 1, 2024, Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” copyright officially expired, opening the door for more Mickey-themed content. A ...
The following is a list of films and other media in which Mickey Mouse has appeared, only featuring projects either created or licensed by The Walt Disney Company, the originators and trademark holder of the character, and not any fair use-protected parody content, content made by other studios and artists following the character's entry into the public domain or parody content that has ...
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.