Effectively that didn’t take lengthy.
On the primary day that Disney‘s 1928 brief Steamboat Willie entered the general public area, a trailer has dropped for a horror comedy movie that includes none aside from Mickey Mouse because the killer.
The synopsis for the movie, known as Mickey’s Mouse Lure, reads: “It’s Alex’s twenty first birthday, however she’s caught on the amusement arcade on a late shift so her pals resolve to shock her, however a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to play a sport of his personal with them which she should survive.”
The trailer options, yep, an individual in a Mickey Mouse costume, sporting what resembles a hockey jersey with out the letters, attacking a sufferer and stalking others inside a Chuck E. Cheese-like place (paying homage to final yr’s horror hit 5 Nights at Freddy’s). There is also Scream-like self-awareness in regards to the horror style, together with one character predicting that one other goes to get killed since he says, “I’ll be proper again.”
“Effectively, he’s lifeless. … If he was in a horror film, you’d by no means say, I’ll be proper again, as a result of you then … don’t,” he explains.
The trailer additionally options the phrases: “A spot for enjoyable, a spot for pals, a spot for searching. The mouse is out.”
The film was directed by Jamie Bailey, who mentioned in an announcement: “We simply wished to have enjoyable with all of it. I imply it’s Steamboat Willie‘s Mickey Mouse murdering folks. It’s ridiculous. We ran with it and had enjoyable doing it and I believe it reveals.”
The movie stars Sophie McIntosh, Callum Sywyk, Allegra Nocita, Ben Harris, Damir Kovic, Mackenzie Mills, Nick Biskupek and Simon Phillips and was produced by Paul Whitney, Mark Popejoy, Alexander Gausman and Andrew Agopsowicz, with Filmcore’s Mem Ferda co-producing.
The movie doesn’t but have a launch date, however producers are aiming for March. It’s unclear if there’s a distributor on board or what platform the producers are aiming for. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out for extra particulars.
Mickey’s Mouse Lure follows final yr’s horror movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, which was made attainable after A.A. Milne’s authentic Winnie the Pooh entered the general public area two years in the past. Pooh’s buddy Tigger additionally enters the general public area this yr.
Watch the trailer for Mickey’s Mouse Lure under.
