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Orion and the Dark Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Jan. 12, 2024

Orion and the Dark

Release Date: Friday, February 2, 2024 Netflix

Paul Walter Hauser, Jacob Tremblay, Carla Gugino, Charlie Kaufman, Natasia Demetriou, Sean Charmatz

N/A Comedy N/A

  • 3.7

78%

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Plot

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Plot
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.
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Comedy Fantasy Animation Adaptation Kids

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The film's writer Charlie Kaufman last wrote Chaos Walking and I'm Thinking of Ending Things.

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  • Director Sean Charmatz was a storyboard artist on DreamWork Animation's Trolls World Tour (7/3/2023).
  • Based on the book by Emma Yarlett.

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Orion and the Dark was released in Netflix on Friday, February 2, 2024. There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including Argylle, Scrambled and The Promised Land.



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