The following is a list of creative works starring Mickey Mouse announced after Steamboat Willie and The Gallopin' Gaucho, both released in 1928, entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. In January, multiple films and video games starring the character were announced immediately.[1] [2] This list only includes works that received substantial media attention.
| Name | Type of work | Description | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2024 |
| Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain | Shooter game | Video game where public domain-characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Alice, Winnie-the-Pooh and the Monkey King have to shoot an endless group of ninjas.[6] In January, Mickey Mouse was introduced through an update.[7] | December 5, 2023 January 1, 2024 |
| 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] [11] | 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.[12] [13] [14] | January 4, 2024 |
| Rubber Hose Rampage | Shooter game | A Cuphead clone run and gun game based on Steamboat Willie.[15] It has been noted for its poor quality and buggy nature, as well as illegal use of still-copyrighted characters such as Betty Boop[16] and the Mad Doctor, as well as character designs from Silly Symphony films.[17] | January 25, 2024 |
| The Mouse Trap | Slasher film | Slasher film where a mass murderer in a Mickey Mouse mask hunts down a group of teenagers inside an amusement arcade.[18] | August 6, 2024 |
| Horror game | Horror game starring Mickey Mouse as a possessed mouse.[19] | TBA 2024 | |
| Screamboat[20] | Comedy horror film | Comedy horror film where Mickey Mouse turns into a mutated creature that starts a murderous rampage on a ferry. | TBA 2025 |
| Shooter game | First-person shooter game loosely based on character designs from the early Mickey Mouse cartoons.[21] | TBA 2025 | |
| The Return of Steamboat Willie | Horror film | An upcoming animated horror film[22] [23] |