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

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

A new trailer has been released for Screamboat , a horror movie inspired by Walt Disney’s classic 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie . This is one of several projects trying to capitalize on an evil ...

Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey has a lot to answer for! Hewes Pictures has released the first poster for a second Steamboat ...

When you think of Disney franchises, Star Wars and Marvel spring to mind but over the past 15 years it has developed another ...

Virginia-based production company Shenandoah Studios has announced an upcoming feature documentary about an effort in the mid ...

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

The horror flick has no affiliation with Disney, of course. Steamboat Willie is a mouse, and so the character is mouse-sized, which adds to the absurdity — both intended and otherwise.

Following recent notable additions to the public domain that include Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse from Disney’s 1928 short Steamboat Willie, and Winnie the Pooh, 2025 has ...

While Disney retains exclusive rights to its depiction of Mickey Mouse from its own works, the character as depicted in the 1928 short film Steamboat Willie entered public domain at the beginning ...

While the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey is now in the public domain, it's worth noting that later, more familiar versions of Mickey Mouse remain the sole property of Disney. Imitators beware.