But the cartoon creature who stars in the animated short Steamboat Willie isn't a lot like the Mickey we know today. He's more rascally and rough. His roots in the blackface minstrel shows of the ...

This version of the character even sports a black-and-white color palette ... “Watching David Howard Thornton bring Steamboat Willie to life with the magicians at Quantum Creation FX has ...

David Vaughn, who appeared in American Rust, Dopesick, and the movie musical of The Color Purple, stars as Willie, who was ...

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 ...

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

Which, in some ways, is fair. The original 1928, "Steamboat Willie" was iconic, but is also somewhat bizarre in retrospect. Mickey has to peel potatoes as a punishment in the original short ...

Hewes Pictures has announced the I Heart Willie release date for its upcoming slasher movie inspired by Disney’s classic ...

Steamboat Willie Incident is a 3D horror survival game where you are captured in a steamboat, and you have to find ways to escape without alerting Willie. Try to find clues, solve puzzles ...

Deals associated with the event are over, but you can still get the LEGO Disney Mini Steamboat Willie (40659) set for free with any order of $150 or more using the code GIFT at checkout.

The reason why? The 1928 short cartoon, "Steamboat Willie," is now in the public domain, just like Winnie the Pooh, Sherlock Holmes, and certain Hemingway novels. In short, although an actual ...