Orion and The Dark is a heart-warming animation on Netflix that follows an anxious young boy Orion who is whisked off an adrenaline-filled adventure by his greatest fear. It's based on he best-selling picture book Orion and The Dark by Emma Yarlett. Written by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich) the one-off movie is made by DreamWorks Animation and has a debut director Sean Charmatz
Orion is voiced by child actor Jacob Tremblay, who starred in Wonder. This boy terrified of everything from dogs and bees to girls, getting an answer wrong in class and falling off a cliff. But the thing that scares him the most is the dark, leaving him a quivering wreck each time night falls. Then, Orion is paid a visit by the literal embodiment of his fears, The Dark (voiced by Cobra Kai and Black Bird star Paul Walter Hauser), who hopes to end Orion’s anxiety by taking him a journey that will see him face his fears. Can Orion learn to overcome his anxieties and embrace living instead?
