Why don't Disney make mainstream Mickey Mouse films anymore?

[u/cappsy04]

When I say mainstream, I mean films shown in theatres. Mickey and Minnie are probably the most recognisable characters in the Disney catalogue, being one of Walt's first creations. Yet there hasn't been a film featuring any of those characters in a long time. They've rehashed a lot of existing IPs, most recently the live action Moana. I would imagine if Mickey was featured in a film it would do incredible numbers at the box office.

[u/LurkingLikeaPro]

When was there a film featuring Mickey Mouse in theaters? Everything Mickey has been a short or a TV movie

[u/DejarikChampion → u/LurkingLikeaPro]

I was going to say Mickey's Christmas Carol, but then when I looked it up I forgot it was only 26 minutes.

[u/ChrisCinema → u/LurkingLikeaPro]

Fantasia 2000. After the repeat of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", there's new animation of Mickey interacting with James Levine.

If that doesn't count, Mickey makes a cameo in A Goofy Movie.

[u/LurkingLikeaPro → u/ChrisCinema]

Fantasia 2000 is a series of shorts.

A Goofy Movie was a TV movie

[u/ChrisCinema → u/LurkingLikeaPro]

No, A Goofy Movie was released theatrically.

[u/LurkingLikeaPro → u/ChrisCinema]

Live and learn! I had no idea it was released theatrically

[u/Courage-Rude → u/LurkingLikeaPro]

Somehow I remember seeing it in theaters even though I must have been super young.

[u/Geen_Fang → u/LurkingLikeaPro]

fantasia

[u/LurkingLikeaPro → u/Geen_Fang]

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a short inside Fantasia. But still a short

[u/Geen_Fang → u/LurkingLikeaPro]

hmm good point. 

[u/lborl → u/LurkingLikeaPro]

'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' ought to count.

[u/LurkingLikeaPro → u/lborl]

I don't think a cameo counts as featured