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The following is a list of creative works starring Mickey Mouse announced after Steamboat Willie, Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho, released in 1928, entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. In January, multiple films and video games starring the iconic character were announced immediately.[1][2] This list only includes works that received substantial media attention.
Name | Type of work | Description | Release date |
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MSCHF X Famous Mouse | Collectibles | Art collective MSCHF created a line of Public Domain Mickey-collectibles. The items could be pre-ordered from August 2021 and became available in 2024.[3][4][5] | August 2021 (pre-orders) 2024 (Available) |
Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain | Shooter game | Video game in which public domain-characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Alice, Winnie-the-Pooh and the Monkey King have to shoot an endless group of evil ninjas.[6] In January, Mickey Mouse was introduced through an update.[7] | December 5, 2023 (original release) January 1, 2024 (Mickey Mouse update) |
The Vanishing of S.S. Willie | Horror short film | Horror short film based on Steamboat Willie and, as so far known, the first film released using its public domain-status.[8][9] | January 1, 2024 |
Mousetrapped | Webcomics | A daily webcomic-series created by R. K. Milholland, continuing the narrative of Mickey, after the events of Steamboat Willie.[10] | From January 1, 2024 |
Steamboat Willie (Brock's Dub) | Redubbed original cartoon | A redubbed version of Steamboat Willie posted on YouTube. The video received some media notoriety for being the first Steamboat Willie-video to receive and survive a copyright-claim from The Walt Disney Company. On January 6, YouTube revoked the copyright-claim from Disney.[11][12][13] | January 4, 2024 |
One Eyed Bastard | Music video | The fourth single of Green Day's fourteenth studio album, Saviors. The music video features Mickey Mouse wearing his Steamboat Willie outfit as well as an eyepatch. | January 5, 2024 |
The Mouse Trap | Slasher film | Slasher film in which a mass murderer in a Mickey Mouse mask hunts down a group of teenagers inside an amusement arcade.[14] | August 6, 2024 |
I Hate Fairyland - Happy End Game | Comic book | Story arc of I Hate Fairyland starring a Public Domain Mickey Mouse.[15] | October 2024 - February 2025 |
I Heart Willie | Slasher film | November 8, 2024[16] | |
Infestation: Origins | Survival horror game | Developed by Nightmare Forge Games,[17] the game was released in early access on November 15, 2024.[18] Upon its initial announcement, IGN compared the game to the 2023 horror film, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, due to a similar situation where Winnie-the-Pooh fell into the public domain.[19] The game was immediately criticized as an asset flip, and for its alleged use of audio deepfakes instead of voice acting. It was criticized for neo-Nazi themes such as the number 88, and the premise of using gas to exterminate rats.[20][21] In response to the allegations, the developers renamed the game.[22] | November 15, 2024 |
Mouse of Horrors[23] | Slasher film | January 26, 2025 | |
Mouseboat Massacre[24][25] | Slasher film | March 25, 2025 | |
Screamboat | Slasher film | Slasher film in which Mickey Mouse turns into a mutated creature that starts a murderous rampage on a ferry. | April 2, 2025 |
The Dark Domain: MVW Mickey-vs-Winnie[26] | Slasher film | TBA | |
The Return of Steamboat Willie | Horror film | An upcoming animated horror film[27][28] | TBA |
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