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Rachel Brosnahan discusses getting ready to play Superman Legacy’s Lois Lane. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Godzilla x Kong swap release dates. Plus, a new version of The Blob could be on the way, and Sony teases Venom 3, Karate Kid, and more. To me, my spoilers!Will We See More of Uhura's Relationship with Spock? | io9 InterviewThe BlobAccording to The Wrap, David Bruckner (Hellraiser, The Ritual, The Night House) is attached to write and direct a new remake of The Blob for Warner Bros. David Goyer and Keith Levine of…

The company’s famous mascot, in the public domain after 95 years, is getting reworked by film and videogame makers—mostly as a killerIn ‘Mickey’s Mouse Trap,’ out in March, someone in a Mickey-like mask chases youngsters with a knife. Into Frame Films Ltd The company’s famous mascot, in the public domain after 95 years, is getting reworked by film and videogame makers—mostly as a killerIn ‘Mickey’s Mouse Trap,’ out in March, someone in a Mickey-like mask chases youngsters with a knife. Into Frame Films Ltd FOLLOW US…

A horror comedy film that features Mickey Mouse as the villain has released its trailer on the same day that Disney’s 1928 classic Steamboat Willie became public domain. Disney's Mickey Mouse as a Villain? The film, titled Mickey’s Mouse Trap, has the following synopsis- “It’s Alex’s 21st birthday, but she’s stuck at the amusement arcade on a late shift so her friends decide to surprise her, but a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to play a game of his own with them which she must survive.” Wrap up…

On January 1, Mike Neville gave Midjourney the following prompt: “Steamboat Willie drawn in a vintage Disney style, black and white. He is dripping all over with white gel.”There’s no polite way to describe what this prompt conjured from the AI image generator. It looks, very much, like Mickey Mouse is drenched in ejaculate.At the start of every year, a crop of cultural works enters the public domain in the United States. When copyright expires on particularly beloved characters, people get excited. This is an especially…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJust hours after the copyright of the earliest incarnation of one of Disney‘s most legendary characters expired and entered the public domain, it looked as though Mickey Mouse had swapped his life at Disney Land for the chance to star in a new slasher film.Well, almost. Steamboat Willie, a 1928 animated short film which features the original version of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, had been…

The new year marks the nerdiest holiday you maybe didn’t know about: Public Domain Day. But this year’s celebration is extra special. After years of legal battles, “Steamboat Willie,” a 1928 Walt Disney short featuring Mickey Mouse, is now public domain. No, that doesn’t mean that you can take the character of Mickey Mouse as we know him today and do whatever you want. But, Mickey Mouse as he appears in the “Steamboat Willie” animation? That’s public domain, baby. Every January 1, a bunch of old works of literature,…

The start of 2024 saw a major milestone in U.S. copyright law as Steamboat Willie—and with it the very first versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse—entered public domain for the first time. As with classics before it, in record time people took to announcing what is now inevitable for any new public domain work: what if this classic work was dark and twisted actually?Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox ControllerAfter Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey already turned A.A. Milne’s children’s tale into a gory, atrocious horror film, now…

As much grief as we give Disney Adults, one of the most shamed groups of people on the internet, we must now all come together to defeat a much greater evil: the directors creating horror films using beloved childhood Disney characters as they begin to enter public domain. The copyright on the version of Mickey Mouse from the debut short, Steamboat Willie (1928), expired as we entered the new year. Already, details — and even a trailer — have been shared about two upcoming movies starring the darling rodent in a…

With Steamboat Willie now in the public domain, people have free reign over the classic cartoon. To celebrate that, indie developer Nightmare Forge revealed their new co-op PC horror, Infestation 88, to IGN that stars the Disney mascot himself: Mickey Mouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe85jZhSflk The game features co-op gameplay where players have to handle a rodent infestation. Who’s the leader of that club? Mickey Mouse. A disgusting, vile-looking Mickey Mouse. We get some gameplay with some creepy crawlies and…

A trailer for a Mickey Mouse horror film was released on 1 January 2024, the same day that Disney’s copyright on the earliest known version of the cartoon character entered public domain.Mickey’s Mouse Trap features a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse wearing a mask which appears to be inspired by the Steamboat Willie version of the character.It was released after its copyright to the 1928 version of the character expired in the US.The country’s copyright law says rights to characters can be held for 95 years. A…