May2

Metaphorically killing millennials childhoods — Mickey vs. Winnie slasher horror film announced, using public-domain versions of the characters

Deadline said:
Untouchables Entertainment, in association with genre website iHorror, is in production on Mickey vs. Winnie. Glenn Douglas Packard, an Emmy nominated choreographer turned filmmaker (Pitchfork), is attached to direct from his original script.

The latest entry in the lineup of interpretations of children’s figures. Mickey vs. Winnie takes the now-public-domain characters from A. A. Milne’s ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ books and Mickey Mouse from the 1920s Steamboat Willie cartoon.

The film follows two convicts in the 1920s who escape into a cursed forest only to be dragged and consumed into the depths of the dark forest’s muddy heart. A century later, a group of thrill-seeking friends unknowingly venture into the same woods. Their Airbnb getaway takes a horrifying turn when the convicts mutate into twisted versions of childhood icons Mickey Mouse & Winnie-The-Pooh, and emerge to terrorize them. A night of violence and gore erupts, as the group of friends battle against their now monstrous beloved childhood characters and fight to break free from the forest’s grip. In a horrific spectacle, Mickey and Winnie clash, painting the woods in a gruesome tableau of blood—a chilling testament to the curse’s insidious power.
Maybe we've gone too far with cinematic universes...

Like, seriously, I'm glad that we're seeing groups already pushing the boundaries of what can be done with these characters now that they've entered the public domain, but why does it all have to be shock horror? Why haven't we seen someone take these classic children's characters to actually make things focused at younger and/or family audiences, like the characters were originally intended? Disney didn't sue Last Week Tonight, and they're not going to sue you.
Written by Archaic