This should be right up the film rooms alley since they complain about Disney being for kids. Now they got some throat slitting and gratuitous sex coming up
This should be right up the film rooms alley since they complain about Disney being for kids. Now they got some throat slitting and gratuitous sex coming up
Public domain characters can be tricky. Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Little Mermaid, and some other literary characters are public domain. If you wanted to make a movie or write a comic book about Sherlock Holmes, you can do it. You just can’t do a Robert Downey version of it. Little Mermaid is public domain so you could make a movie if you want but you can't say do a direct sequel that to the Disney Little Mermaid.
I think the key difference between current characters and those from way back in the day is that there wasn’t an entire industry with Dracula or Sherlock Holmes propping it up. Characters like Batman and Mickey Mouse are currently being used and represent specific things.
Nobody cares how Dracula is portrayed. People will care if Mickey Mouse has a string of movies where he is a serial killer.
You got two more years unless Disney lobbies to extend it againi hope Mickey does become public domain just for the fukkery
Pooh hasn't been a major player in like 20 years. You can say Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, and majority of folks will be like "Who?" Disney doesn't even use Mickey though. And current gen probably never seen a Mickey movie. Plus, at one point he was used for anything...his second famous look has him as a Sorcerer (apprentice). AND Disney did have Once Upon a Time, with their version of pubic domain characters.