‘Steamboat Willie’ Version of Mickey Mouse Entering Public Domain Soon

Mickey Mouse is coming into the general public area for the primary time ever — properly, a model of him anyway — and identical to Winnie the Pooh’s been desecrated … so too is MM certain to observe.

Disney is shedding its copyright over the unique iteration of their prized cartoon character — plus OG Minnie — which was first depicted in 1928’s “Steamboat Willie” … directed by none aside from Walt himself. Beginning Jan. 1 … they will be up for grabs to only about anybody.

That was the primary time Mickey had ever been onscreen, and that black-and-white type of Mickey served because the archetype template for all the opposite fashionable Mickeys we have seen since.

The Mouse Home has had a good grip on the rights to this previous Mickey for years now — they usually even lobbied Congress to increase their unique maintain for only a tad bit longer again in 2004 … which lawmakers granted on the time. Their time is up now, although, at 95 years.

The unique model of Winnie the Pooh (from the storybook) additionally received launched to the general public a pair years in the past … and we have seen what’s occurred to the beloved IP within the aftermath.

There was the famous slasher horror flick, ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,’ that received launched — which noticed the previous bear reimagined as a psycho mass-murdering killer — and different twisted takes on the story as properly … and one thing tells us Mickey may be subsequent.

Humorous sufficient, the filmmakers who did ‘Blood and Honey’ mentioned they really would not contact Mickey and make him go evil — however ya gotta think about another person will, and possibly ASAP.