Yahoo News Ike Barinholtz Brings the Light in Latest ‘Orion and the Dark’ Trailer
The latest trailer for Netflix and DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming animated film, Orion and the Dark, has Ike Barinholtz voicing the role of Light, Dark’s nemesis, as Orion, voiced by Jacob Tremblay, learns there’s nothing to be afraid of in the night.
“Everyday I bring brightness and hope to the world, and you bring the exact opposite,” Light tells Dark, voiced by Paul Walter Hauser, as their comic light versus darkness battle plays out while an anxious Orion confronts his greatest fears in life.
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“Oh, whatever!” a gloomy Dark responds as his unlikely friendship with Orion grows as Tremblay’s character must shed his adolescent anxiety over much in life to overcome his worst fear: the dark. The moral of their journey together is stop letting fear control your life and embrace the joy of living.
Based on Emma Yarlett’s book and written by Being John Malkovich scribe Charlie Kaufman, DreamWorks Animation’s latest film hails from feature debut director Sean Charmatz — a storyboard artist on DWA’s Trolls World Tour — and is set to release on Feb. 2, 2024.
New voices were also announced for Orion’s many childhood anxieties, including Angela Bassett as Dreams, Natasia Demetriou as Sleep, Golda Rosheuvel as Unexplained Noises, Nat Faxon as worrisome Insomnia and Aparna Nancherla as Quiet.
Colin Hanks also plays Adult Orion, Carla Gugino voices Orion’s Mom, Matt Dellapina is Orion’s Dad and Werner Herzog is the narrator. The trailer also underscores the filmmakers giving the 3D animated project — which is set outside Philadelphia in the 1990s — an illustrated, hand-drawn look.
Orion and the Dark is produced by Peter McCown and executive produced by Walt Dohrn and Bonnie Arnold.
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