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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The trailer for Mickey's Mouse Trap dropped on Jan. 1, the same day the beloved Disney icon's earliest iteration entered the public domain.
"We actually love the negative feedback because, you know, it just draws more interest," the Toronto-based horror filmmaker told As It Happens guest host Megan Williams.
He and his crew shot their low-budget indie horror film in September so they could release the trailer the minute the copyright dried up for Steamboat Willie — the 1928 Disney animated short that officially debuted the characters of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
Only the Steamboat Willie iteration of Mickey is in the public domain — not the modern mouse who greets visitors with a warm hug at Disney's theme parks.
That didn't stop British director Rhys Frake-Waterfield from releasing his slasher movie, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, in 2023.
On Instagram, he described the plot as: "A late-night boat ride turns into a desperate fight for survival in New York City when a mischievous mouse becomes a monstrous reality."
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