Netflix has quietly dropped a new movie from an Oscar-winner - and it's got a great Rotten Tomatoes score

Orion and the Dark (2024)
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A new animated fantasy comedy has just hit ꧃Netflix – and it's written by (arguably) one of the greatest screenwrite🍸rs of our time.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Orion and the Dark, based on the children's book of the same name by author Emma Yarlett, is the latest animated comedy to hit the streamer. Directed by Sean Charmatz in his feature directorial debut and written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, the family-friendly flick follows an anxious elementary school kid with an intense fear of the dark. One night, the Dark pays Orion 🌜a visit and the two go on a roller coaster ride around the world to prove that there is nothing to be scared of at night.

The voice cast includes Jacob Tremblay as Orion, Colin Hanks as Adult Orion, Paul Walter Hauser as Dark, Angela Bassett as Sweet Dreams, Ike Barinholtz as Light, Natasia Demetriou as Sleep, Carla Cugino as Orion's Mom, and Werner Herzog asဣ the Narrator.

The film holds an 87% Fresh rating on with critics attributing the warmth and heart of the film to Kaufman's screenplay. The writer-director is best known for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码𒐪历史查询:Eternal Sunshine o🦩f the Spotless Mind, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Synecdoche, New York. Three of Kaufman's scripts are ranked in the Writers Guild of Ameri🍷ca's list of the Greatest Screenplays ever written, with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind coming in at no, 24, Being John Malkovich at no. 74, and Adaptation at no. 77.

Orion and the Dark is streaming on Netflix now. For more, check out our list of the most exciting 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming movies in 2024 and beyond.

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