Posted on: September 14th, 2024
Lower than a month after the discharge of Mickey’s Mousetrap to a really combined reception, we’ve our first teaser for Screamboat, one other slasher making the most of the lapsing of Disney’s Steamboat Willie into the general public area.
For these unfamiliar, Steamboat Willie was the very first cartoon to function the character who would ultimately turn into Mickey Mouse. Now, due to the 100-year copyright regulation, the character and likeness can now be utilized by different firms… In fact, the horror style jumped on this.
Though not giving a lot away, the quick teaser for Screamboat takes us to a ferry on the Hudson River. As an unnamed man narrates the legend of Steamboat Willie, we witness a bunch of teenagers board the boat. Having been whispered about for nearly 100 years, tonight is the night time Willie has determined to emerge and show that he’s very a lot actual.
Sadly, we don’t get a have a look at the titular villain, only a temporary silhouette looming over a sufferer. Nonetheless, that’s undoubtedly sufficient to intrigue style followers.
Screamboat involves us from Fuzz on the Lens Productions, the staff behind Damien Leone’s Terrifier films. Steven LaMorte directed this darkish tackle a kids’s traditional, after beforehand tackling 2022’s The Imply One for Fuzz.
Terrifier star David Howard Thornton continues his penchant for villainy, embodying the as but unseen Willie. Will he be as cruel as Artwork the Clown? We want let’s imagine we’ll discover out quickly… Nonetheless, regardless of the emergence of this new teaser, we nonetheless don’t have a definitive launch date for Screamboat. A number of sources have floated January 1st 2025 because the chosen date, however this has not been formally confirmed.
We’ll let you recognize as quickly as we’ve an official launch date, however for now, you’ll be able to take a look at the primary teaser beneath:
