Orion seems a lot like your average elementary school kid - shy, unassuming, harboring a secret crush. But underneath his seemingly normal exterior, Orion is a ball of adolescent anxiety, completely consumed by irrational fears of bees, dogs, the ocean, cell phone waves, murderous gutter clowns, and even falling off of a cliff. But of all his fears, the thing he’s the most afraid of is what he confronts on a nightly basis: the dark.
So when the literal embodiment of his worst fear pays a visit, Dark whisks Orion away on a roller coaster ride around the world to prove there is nothing to be afraid of in the night. As the unlikely pair grows closer, Orion must decide if he can learn to accept the unknown - to stop letting fear control his life and finally embrace the joy of living.
The stellar voice cast includes Jacob Tremblay as “Orion,” Paul Walter Hauser as “Dark,” Werner Herzog as “Narrator,” Angela Bassett as “Dreams,” Colin Hanks as “Adult Orion,” Mia Akemi Brown as “Hypatia,” Natasia Demetriou as “Sleep,” Nat Faxon as “Insomnia,” Golda Rosheuvel as “Unexplained Noises,” Aparna Nancherla as “Quiet,” Ike Barinholtz as “Light,” Matt Dellapina as “Orion's Father,” and Carla Gugino as “Orion’s Mother.”
Sean Charmatz directs Orion and The Dark from a screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, with additional screenplay material by Lloyd Taylor and Brandon Sawyer. The DreamWorks Animation film launches on Netflix on February 2, 2024.
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