It was inevitable, actually: as quickly as beloved childhood characters turned honest sport beneath public area, they’d be seized upon by horror filmmakers… and ultimately, the largest headliners would sq. off. The world will not be prepared for Mickey vs. Winnie, however it’s coming, and its creators promise gore galore.
Earlier than you ask, Mickey vs. Winnie is a challenge separate from Mickey Mouse Entice, which introduced its existence through the first week of 2024 not lengthy after Steamboat Willie-era Mickey Mouse emerged from Disney’s copyright clutches. It’s additionally not a part of the Twisted Childhood Universe, aka the Poohniverse, from the makers of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. This new challenge, which is at the moment in manufacturing in Michigan, is being written and directed by Glenn Douglas Packard.
A press launch offers this plot synopsis: “Within the Nineteen Twenties, two convicts escape right into a cursed forest solely to be dragged and consumed into the depths of the darkish forest’s muddy coronary heart. A century later, a gaggle of thrill-seeking buddies unknowingly enterprise into the identical woods. Their Airbnb getaway takes a horrifying flip when the convicts mutate into twisted variations of childhood icons Mickey Mouse & Winnie-The-Pooh, and emerge to terrorize them. An evening of violence and gore erupts, because the group of buddies battle towards their now monstrous beloved childhood characters and battle to interrupt free from the forest’s grip. In a horrific spectacle, Mickey and Winnie conflict, portray the woods in a grotesque tableau of blood—a chilling testomony to the curse’s insidious energy.”
The essential plot feels like one other iteration of the ol’ “cabin within the woods” style, and we’ve already identified that Mickey and Winnie are each changing into acquainted faces in horror. Nonetheless, within the press launch Packard particularly notes that “the Mickey Mouse featured in our movie is in contrast to any iteration audiences have encountered earlier than. Our portrayal doesn’t contain characters donning fundamental masks. As an alternative, we current deeply reworked, live-action horror renditions of those iconic figures, weaving collectively components of innocence and malevolence.”
To this point there’s no phrase on when Mickey vs. Winnie would possibly hit screens or the place you’ll have the ability to watch it. What do you consider this newest public-domain horror challenge?
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