Popularity: 4 (history)
Director: | Sean Charmatz |
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Writer: | Charlie Kaufman, Emma Yarlett |
Staring: |
A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Dark. | |
Release Date: | Feb 01, 2024 |
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Director: | Sean Charmatz |
Writer: | Charlie Kaufman, Emma Yarlett |
Genres: | Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery |
Keywords | fear, overcoming fears, based on children's book, fears, cat, magical creature, horror for children, fear of the dark, dark |
Production Companies | DreamWorks Animation |
Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Jacob Tremblay | Orion (voice) |
Paul Walter Hauser | Dark (voice) |
Angela Bassett | Sweet Dreams (voice) |
Colin Hanks | Adult Orion (voice) |
Natasia Demetriou | Sleep (voice) |
Golda Rosheuvel | Unexplained Noises (voice) |
Nat Faxon | Insomnia (voice) |
Aparna Nancherla | Quiet (voice) |
Ike Barinholtz | Light (voice) |
Carla Gugino | Orion's Mom (voice) |
Matt Dellapina | Orion's Dad (voice) |
Nick Kishiyama | Tycho (voice) |
Mia Akemi Brown | Hypatia (voice) |
Shannon Chan-Kent | Adult Hypatia (voice) |
Jack Fisher | Richie Panici (voice) |
Werner Herzog | Narrator (voice) |
Sky Alexis | Lisa (voice) |
Hira Ambrosino | Woman at the Drive-In (voice) |
Yoshi Ando | Man at the Drive-In (voice) |
Larisa Asuaje | Mrs. Spinoza (voice) |
Sean Charmatz | Irene's Boss / Cucumber Dentist / Soda / Insomnia Guy 1 (voice) |
Walt Dohrn | Stray Cat / Insomnia Guy 2 (voice) |
Ren Hanami | Adult Sally (voice) |
Amy Hill | Irene (voice) |
Alyssa Lee | Irene's Daughter / Insomnia Girl (voice) |
Noah McCown | Scared Child (voice) |
Shino Nakamichi | Sally (voice) |
Aliki Theofilopoulos | Irene's Coworker / Mom / Juice Box / Insomnia Teacher (voice) |
Toru Uchikado | Insomnia Man (voice) |
Name | Job |
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Steve Slanec | Supervising Sound Editor |
Marc Schmidt | Sound Designer |
Sean Charmatz | Director |
Tim Nielsen | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Nik Ranieri | Supervising Animator |
Shawn Krause | Supervising Animator |
Brandon Proctor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Nathan Nance | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Kent Osborne | Story Artist |
Charlie Kaufman | Writer |
Johane Matte | Story Artist |
Leo Matsuda | Visual Development |
Lauren Zurcher | Visual Development |
Alfonso Blaas Nacle | Visual Development |
Marcos Elizalde | Visual Development |
Gijsbrecht Evens | Visual Development |
Kirsten Kawamura | Visual Development |
Ruben Perez | Visual Development |
Ritchie Sacilioc | Visual Development |
Pedro Della Conti | Other |
Dor Shamir | Other |
Abhishek Mukherjee | Animation |
Anand Avira | Animation |
Aniket Suresh Marathe | Animation |
Anuska Mondal | Animation |
Anuska Poddar | Animation |
Aravind Kumar Kommoju | Animation |
Anarb Halder | Animation |
Anarp Sarkar | Animation |
Atanu Patra | Animation |
Emma Yarlett | Book |
Tim Lamb | Production Designer |
Christine Bian | Art Direction |
Adam Rosette | Head of Story |
Hans Dastrup | Head of Animation |
Kevin Lax | Original Music Composer |
Robert Lydecker | Original Music Composer |
Kevin Sukho Lee | Editor |
Leah Artwick | Story Artist |
Alex Avagimian | Story Artist |
Joe Bernados | Story Artist |
Lyle Nagy | Story Artist |
Jordan Rosato | Story Artist |
Janie Kahan | Production Coordinator |
Michael Pedraza | Associate Editor |
Dylan Stayman | Assistant Editor |
Keith Bodmer | Assistant Editor |
Eric Hendricks | Assistant Editor |
Claire Liu | Production Coordinator |
Timothy Lamb | Production Designer, Character Designer |
Jesse Aclin | Character Designer |
Elaine Choi | Character Designer |
Ryan Matias | Character Designer |
Joe Pitt | Character Designer |
Guillaume Fesquet | Visual Development |
Emily Tetri | Animation, Visual Development |
Miho Tomimasu | Visual Development |
Kevin Turcotte | Matte Painter |
Mallory Quagliato | Production Coordinator |
Brittany Ramirez | Production Assistant |
Carla Lutz | Animation Supervisor |
Julien Bocabeille | Animation |
Greg Sharp | Animation |
Meghan Noyes | Production Coordinator, In Memory Of |
Amanda Lennes | Production Assistant |
Ashley Laidlaw | Line Producer |
Kyle Hancher | Production Manager |
Robert Dudban | Finance |
Mila Montano | Production Accountant |
Ryan Munk | CG Supervisor |
Ernest Chan | Animation Supervisor |
Brent Hutchins | Line Producer |
Candice Ray | Production Manager |
Kristin Risinger | Production Manager |
Zachary Joel Johnson | Production Coordinator |
Emily Ryker | Production Coordinator |
Brent Tyler | VFX Supervisor |
Steven Tarin | Modelling Supervisor |
Belal Ballout | Rigging Supervisor |
Natalie Jimenez | Generalist |
Ross Gibson | Effects Supervisor |
David Lee-DuVoisin | Lighting Supervisor, Compositing Supervisor |
Natalia Lasota | Line Producer |
Murali Chinnappa | Line Producer |
Charan Paruchuri | Production Manager |
Kartheek Dugyala | Production Manager |
Guru Gnasasambandan | Production Manager |
Rahul Gattu | Production Coordinator |
Sandra Geiben | Production Coordinator |
Swati Pattnaik | Production Coordinator |
Bandana Panigrahi | Production Assistant |
Masool Afreen | Production Assistant |
Neelam Kishan | Production Assistant |
Manoj Menon | Creative Director |
Francis Rajeev A. | Modelling Supervisor |
Rakesh Acharya B. | Modelling Supervisor |
Robin Bharat | Modeling |
Samir Rout | Modeling |
Suraj Kumar Raut | Modeling |
Dilip Kumar Y Bhandi | Rigging Supervisor |
Deepak Ganguly | Animation Supervisor |
Kaustav Chakravarty | Animation Supervisor |
Rubul Das | Animation Supervisor |
Deepanita Manna | Lead Animator |
Shiladitya Gupta | Lead Animator |
Vedanth Rajan | Lead Animator |
Bruno Etchepare | Animation |
Gopi Gudelli | Animation |
Arnap Sarkar | Animation |
Dhiraj Prasad | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Kannan Logiah | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Sai Kumar Barnala | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Kunal Gupta | Visual Effects |
Shahwaz Ansari | Visual Effects |
Yugesh Kampalli | Visual Effects |
Vinodh Prasanna | Lighting Supervisor, Compositing Supervisor |
Parthiban Sundaram | Lighting Supervisor, Compositing Supervisor |
Sabyasachi Chatterjee | Lighting Supervisor, Compositing Supervisor |
Lalit Karel | Compositing Artist, Lighting Artist |
Bhrat Kabra | Compositing Artist, Lighting Artist |
Chintu Kumar | Compositing Artist, Lighting Artist |
Babulu P George | CG Supervisor |
Naresh Gunda | CG Supervisor |
Jessey Drake | Sound Designer |
Jeff Halbert | Sound Designer |
Laria Martinez-Deleon | Sound Effects |
Cat Gensler | Sound Effects |
Grace Stenland | Sound Effects |
Roberto D. Alegria | Foley Mixer |
Vincent Deng | Foley Artist |
Laura Macias | Foley Artist |
Jason Oliver | Dialogue Editor |
Patricia Burgos | Post Production Supervisor |
Ian Michael Hurley | Online Editor |
Emily Horton | Post Production Coordinator |
D.J. Lynch | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Rob McIntyre | Supervising Sound Editor |
Ania O'Hare | Casting |
Katie Galvan | Casting |
Noelle McCown | In Memory Of |
M. Scott McKee | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Killian Gray | Production Manager |
Aubin Schuler | Production Supervisor |
Dipika Das | Animation Director |
Vivian Aguiar-Buff | Music |
Matt Manna | Music |
Alexandra Nickson | Music |
Matthew Bordenave | Story Artist |
Austen Aevery Huens | Story Artist |
Kaan Kalyon | Story Artist |
Jon Magram | Story Artist |
Gaëlle Beerens | Story Artist |
Tom Caulfield | Story Artist |
Eric Elrod | Story Artist |
Nathan Gelgud | Story Artist |
James P. Gibson | Story Artist |
Zesung Kang | Story Artist |
Hanna Kim | Story Artist |
Catherine Yuh Rader | Story Artist |
Justin Ridge | Story Artist |
Jessica Kaori Stanley | Story Artist |
Bob Flynn | Character Designer |
Nico Marlet | Character Designer |
John-Paul Balmet | Visual Development |
Pablo J. Rivera | Visual Development |
Andy Schuhler | Visual Development |
Chris Sears | Visual Development |
Katy Wu | Visual Development |
Elaine Wu | Visual Development |
Matthew Festle | Sound Editor, Sound Effects |
Lloyd Taylor | Additional Writing |
Brandon Sawyer | Additional Writing |
Name | Title |
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Bonnie Arnold | Executive Producer |
Peter McCown | Producer |
Andrea Miloro | Executive Producer |
Adrianna A.J. Cohen | Executive Producer |
Russell Tracy Jr | Executive Producer |
Ravi Kiran Nunna | Producer |
Kristin Sando | Associate Producer |
Walt Dohrn | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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2024 | 4 | 156 | 218 | 121 |
2024 | 5 | 132 | 190 | 101 |
2024 | 6 | 137 | 195 | 102 |
2024 | 7 | 129 | 174 | 109 |
2024 | 8 | 114 | 146 | 76 |
2024 | 9 | 86 | 125 | 59 |
2024 | 10 | 78 | 109 | 63 |
2024 | 11 | 90 | 188 | 63 |
2024 | 12 | 70 | 156 | 49 |
2025 | 1 | 60 | 75 | 44 |
2025 | 2 | 42 | 63 | 7 |
2025 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 3 |
2025 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
2025 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
2025 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
2025 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
2025 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
2025 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
Trending Position
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2025 | 8 | 936 | 936 |
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2025 | 7 | 843 | 915 |
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2025 | 5 | 810 | 810 |
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2025 | 3 | 737 | 884 |
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2024 | 11 | 530 | 751 |
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2024 | 10 | 352 | 628 |
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2024 | 8 | 756 | 851 |
The most significant setback that _Orion and the Dark_ has is that it suffers from being a Netflix film. The humor falls flat and, while there is some creativity, the film reminds you of other cinematic endeavors it borrows from. It doesn’t help that the animation is bland. Some scenes in the film l ... ook unfinished because of a lack of natural shadows or depth in the human characters. _Orion and the Dark_ will likely be dumped onto the platform and forgotten about in a matter of weeks. **Full review:** https://bit.ly/OrionDark
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/orion-and-the-dark-review-a-story-about-accepting-our-fears/ "Orion and the Dark preserves the essence and messages of the original tale about understanding and accepting our fears as something that characterizes us as human beings. Charlie Kau ... fman expands the story with narrative complexities that, aside from unnecessarily confusing structural details, thematically enrich the overall film. The mix of 2D and 3D animation makes the visual experience captivating and warm, accompanied by an equally lovely score and competent vocal performances. An easy recommendation for families and children around the world." Rating: B
While I wouldn't say this animation is as good as other works of Charlie Kaufman, or anything exceptional (even when you consider that it's audience is children) it certainly was a joy to watch this movie. And I also got to appreciate the dark a little bit more after watching it. ...
I recommend this movie for a fun and enjoyable watch, as it has a cute and engaging storyline. While the characters may not be very memorable, the film still offers a good time. There are instances where the movie could benefit from less dialogue and more adventure, perhaps cutting down on certai ... n cartoonish elements. This adjustment could enhance the overall experience and make it more captivating for the audience. It's a great movie for kids to watch and have a good time with, although the characters may not leave a lasting impression. Dark, in particular, stands out as a potentially memorable character, while the lead character may fade from memory over time. Despite its shortcomings, the movie is entertaining and worth watching, especially for a casual viewing session. While it may not be a film you'd revisit often, it can serve as a pleasant distraction or background entertainment during chores or other activities