A 1928 movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse enters public domain on Jan. 1. But creative and commercial access to the character is complicated by both copyright and trademark law.

Compared to recent riffs on Winnie the Pooh and Popeye, 'Steamboat Willie' slasher has fun skewering the company that's been so protective of its IP.

A Steamboat Willie slasher flick was always going to have a pretty hefty dose of goofiness (though Goofy himself is not in the public domain until 2028), but this "Screamboat" monster reveal is nuts.

The official trailer for I Heart Willie teases a public-domain slasher about a group investigating the twisted origins of Steamboat Willie.

'Steamboat Willie' is about to be adapted as a horror film, now that Mickey Mouse is in the public domain.

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Mickey Mouse as a… murderer? Disney’s 1928 short animated feature Steamboat Willie has entered the public domain, meaning the early version of the iconic character will now be available for ...

On the first day that Disney's 1928 short Steamboat Willie entered the public domain, a trailer has dropped for a horror film featuring Mickey Mouse.

The character was first featured in Walt Disney's 1928 short film "Steamboat Willie," but it has some key differences from modern iterations.

Unsurprisingly, you can already find a ton of copyright free Steamboat Willie re-mixes and mash-ups online, or participate in a Mickey based crypto-currency scheme, or gird yourself for the horror ...

Willie "Steamboat" Declay was last seen in 2017 when he was discharged from a hospital in Whiteriver.