Pete Davidson and Colin Jost‘s decommissioned Staten Island Ferry goes Hollywood … ‘trigger their boat is featured in an upcoming horror film about Steamboat Willie.
Manufacturing sources inform TMZ … “Screamboat” was filmed totally on Pete and Colin’s shiny orange ferry.
The indie horror film takes the OG Mickey Mouse character and drops him in a gory movie — Steamboat Willie is now within the public area so that is all kosher — and our sources inform us a lot faux blood was used throughout filming they needed to rent a particular cleansing crew for Pete and Colin’s Staten Island Ferry.
TMZ obtained some images from filming … and you may see a puppeteer establishing Steamboat Willie on completely different elements of the ship. They started filming in Might and wrapped over the summer time.
Our sources say director Steven LaMorte at all times dreamed of filming a film on a Staten Island Ferry … and producers had been in a position to make it occur … due to some native connections.
In truth, we’re advised the film producers are from Staten Island they usually related with Pete and Colin’s folks to pitch the concept and acquired permission to make use of the ferry to movie for the film.
Clearly, “Screamboat” acquired the inexperienced mild, however we’re advised Pete and Colin’s involvement would not transcend their ferry getting used as a location.
‘Screamboat’ stars David Howard Thornton from the ‘Terrifer’ sequence as Screamboat Willie and will likely be popping out in 2025.
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Pete and Colin snagged the decommissioned ferry in 2022 for $280,000 … a deal Colin has since known as his dumbest buy ever. Pete has shared comparable purchaser’s regret.
It was most not too long ago utilized in September for a Tommy Hilfiger vogue present throughout NYFW.
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We reached out to reps for Pete, Colin and Slight of Hand Productions … to this point no phrase again.