Published on: 2025-05-17 18:00:21
Winnie the Pooh. Popeye. Steamboat Willie. These days, it seems the instant a recognizable character becomes public domain, someone immediately turns them into a horror movie. Why is that, and what is it like behind the scenes? To get those answers, io9 spoke with Steven LaMorte. He’s the co-writer and director of Screamboat, a Steamboat Willie slasher film that’s in theaters April 2. As we covered in the first half of our interview, it’s a film that might be a love letter to Disney, but that d
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-04 21:55:24
The blessing and curse of the public domain is that you can make a movie like Screamboat without permission from Disney, but you also want to remind people of Disney. One of the main reasons it works at all is the subversive naughtiness behind seeing a character like Steamboat Willie, whom we’ve always associated with Mickey Mouse and Disney, as something evil and violent. So how do you do that exactly? Where’s the line? Well, the latest trailer for Screamboat, which opens April 2, is a masterc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 21:30:00
Dyson has an extensive, and often confusing, lineup of vacuums. The newest addition is the Car+Boat, a handheld vacuum designed specifically for—you guessed it—sucking up dirt and debris from your car and boat, plus bedding, furniture, and other awkward spaces at home. At $280 (though frequently $200 on third-party retailers), it's one of the most affordable ways into the world of Dyson vacuums. It's a nice handheld, with strong suction, impressive filtration, and long battery life, and it come
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-14 20:01:00
There’s a future where we don’t need roads and regular folks like you and me can jump into a boat-sized electric pod and just fly anywhere on a whim. While we’ve been perfecting the miracle of human flight for more than a century, instant air transportation has long been relegated to science fiction. But in the last decade, many companies have stepped up to help get flying cars and air taxis out of the Hollywood movie magic bubble. Startups like Joby Aviation and Archer are building electric ve
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