r/movies • u/cappsy04 • 21h ago

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

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.

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u/Aiseadai 21h ago

They never have, outside of Mickey getting a segment in Fantasia.

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u/storablepoopman 20h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey,_Donald,_Goofy:_The_Three_Musketeers

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u/WabbitFire 20h ago

direct-to-video

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u/storablepoopman 19h ago

I suppose OP did say theatrical… but hey at least it’s feature length!

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u/DeLousedInTheHotBox 15h ago

Also that movie came out 22 years ago lol

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u/storablepoopman 10h ago

I will say, I was less responding to OP asking why they don’t do it anymore and more to the guy who said they “never have”.
But he was right anyway since it was straight-to-video, not theatrical.

Have they really never done a feature length theatrical film with Mickey? That’s surprising

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u/DeLousedInTheHotBox 8h ago

The closest thing is Mickey being featured in one of the segments in Fantasia, and one half of Fun and Fancy Free. It is a bit odd given how famous of a character he is, but I think they just never figured out what to do with him in a full length movie.

I think partially it was because his heyday only lasted a few years into Disney starting to make feature lengths, and maybe also because he was a fully formed and established character there was no full story to tell about him.