Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Have you seen some stuff about a version of Mickey Mouse and how Disney's copyright on it is ...

The ‘Steamboat Willie’ version of Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain. Filmmakers are taking advantage of that –– for horror movies. Disney, though, maintains the copyright on more modern ...

Mickey Mouse is getting the horror movie treatment, now that "Steamboat Willie" is in the public domain. Simon Phillips Actor/YouTube Mickey Mouse isn’t just for kids anymore. A trailer has dropped ...

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On Monday (Jan. 1), the "Steamboat Willie" version of Disney's iconic Mickey Mouse character entered the public domain. The same day, director Jamie Bailey released the trailer for his upcoming horror ...

Who’s the newest horror star that’s coming to the screen? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. At least two Mickey Mouse-inspired horror movies have been announced since 1928’s “Steamboat Willie” — which features ...

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A Mighty Mouse movie is in the works. Created by Paul Terry and Izzy Klein for Terrytoons, who in turn made him for 20th Century Fox, Mighty Mouse is an anthropomorphic superhero who made his official ...

Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of intellectual ...

Yes, you read that right. That’s not Mickey Mouse; it’s Mighty Mouse. Although both creatures are anthropomorphic mice with more powers than your average rodent, only one of them is getting a ...

With the sequel to Winnie the Pooh: Bloody and Honey and Mouse Trap (the upcoming Mickey Mouse slasher) both fast approaching, it seems as though horror fans have one thing on their minds, which ...