Down the Rabbit Hole Trailer Puts a Sinister Spin on Pre-Mickey Mouse Character

A horror spin on the pre-Mickey Mouse character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is in the works, with the Oswald: Down the Rabbit Hole trailer.

Lilton Stewart II and Lucinda Bruce are creating the film with help from animation studio Mana.

The trailer gives us a look at the cartoon rabbit and his transformation into something more monstrous.

Oswald: Down the Rabbit Hole Trailer

Art and some of his closest friends help track down his long-lost family lineage. When they find and explore his Great-Grandpa Oswald’s abandoned home, they encounter a magical TV that teleports them to a place lost in time, shrouded by dark Hollywood Magic.

The group finds that they are not alone when they discover Oswald’s come-to-life cartoon Rabbit, a dark entity that decides their souls are it’s for the taking. Art and his friends must work together to escape their magical prison before the Rabbit gets to them first.

The movie has a 142-page script and will be produced in partnership with Mana Animation Studio for animation, Tandem Post House for post-production and VFX Supervisor, Bob Homami, who is known for “The Tomorrow War,” “Oblivion” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”  

“Releasing the teaser trailer leaves me eager to showcase more shocking sneak peeks once the film is underway and we have confirmed talent,” Bruce said, Producer and Owner of production company Lady of the Light Productions. 

It’s somewhat refreshing that the Steamboat Willie skirmish isn’t all about Mickey horror projects, so we wait to see how this turns out.