‘Screamboat’ – Tyler Posey and Kailey Hyman Join Steamboat Willie Horror Movie

The short film that introduced Mickey Mouse to the world, 1928’s Steamboat Willie entered the public domain this year, and the tale gets the horror movie treatment with the upcoming Screamboat. Terrifier star David Howard Thornton (“Art the Clown”) is playing the film’s twisted version of Steamboat Willie, and more casting news has been revealed.

Variety reports this week that Tyler Posey (“Teen Wolf”) and Kailey Hyman (Damien Leone’s Terrifier 2) have joined David Howard Thornton in the upcoming Screamboat.

Brian Quinn (“Impractical Jokers”) and Joe DeRosa will also appear in cameo roles.

From the production teams behind Terrifier 2 and The Mean One, Screamboat is coming to theaters in 2025 via Iconic Events Releasing. Stay tuned for more information.

Director Steven LaMorte promises that the film’s version of Steamboat Willie is “a 100 percent in-camera practical creature,” with both a puppet and a costume being used.

In Screamboat, “A mischievous mouse stalks a group of New Yorkers on a late night ferry ride, unleashing murderous mayhem on a relaxing commute. Can the ship’s motley crew of travelers find a way to stop a killer creature who has developed a taste for tourists?”

“Screamboat will feature a mix of practical creature effects, miniatures, and cutting edge virtual production to showcase its very mischievous monster slashing his way through a ferry of fear.”

The cast also includes Allison Pittel (“Stream”), Amy Schumacher (“The Mean One”), Jesse Posey (“Teen Wolf”), Jesse Kove (“Cobra Kai”), Rumi C Jean-Louis (“Hightown”) as well as Jarlath Conroy (Romero’s “Day of the Dead”) and Charles Edwin Powell (“The Exorcist III”).

Christian Beckman‘s Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (The Last Voyage of the Demeter, The Book of Boba Fett) is creating the creature from designs by concept artist Christian Cordella (Avatar: The Way of Water, Spider-Man: No Way Home).

Produced by Amy Schumacher, Martine Melloul, and Steven LaMorte (the team behind The Mean One) in collaboration with horror heavyweights Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy (Terrifier 2, Terrifer 3, Stream), the film promises a hilariously horrific twist on Disney’s mascot.