‘Screamboat 2’ Will Sink Its White-Gloved Claws Into Minnie Mouse

The public domain horror film Screamboat ended with a large cliffhanger. A killer mouse, who simply so occurs to appear to be Mickey Mouse’s alter ego Steamboat Willie, murdered a complete slew of individuals on the Staten Island Ferry and was considered defeated. Solely, he wasn’t. The truth is, not solely did Willie discover refuge, however he additionally discovered his long-lost love. Now, director Steven LaMorte confirms that Willie and his love, who seems to be surprisingly like Minnie Mouse, will return for a sequel.

It’ll be referred to as Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Lifeless and plans are to shoot in 2026. “I’m thrilled to announce the sequel to our bloody horror comedy,” director Steven LaMorte advised Variety. “We had a lot enjoyable bringing these iconic characters to life with a bloody twist, and I stay up for returning to the world of Screamboat to create much more miniature homicide and mayhem.”

He added that the sequel “[promises] to increase on the surprising cliffhanger ending of the primary movie—bringing Steamboat Willie and Minnie Mouse collectively for a brand new chapter of chaos, carnage, and cartoon calamity.”

Surviving solid members are all presumed to return, together with Terrifier star David Howard Thornton, who performs Artwork the Clown in that franchise and Willie on this one.

The unique movie, which was launched earlier this 12 months, was an extremely goofy, gory trip that not solely made truthful use of the general public area character Steamboat Willie however was infused with all method of Disney Easter eggs. Disney princesses, theme park deep cuts, you identify it. It truly is a novel mixture of gory horror and Disney adoration. We don’t know if the sequel will proceed that, however we think about it can.

Screamboat is now streaming on Peacock and you may learn our interview with LaMorte on the following hyperlinks. He talks in regards to the movie’s love of all things Disney right here and then the ins and outs of public domain horror here.

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