Orion and the Dark (2024)

‘Orion and the Dark’ spins a vivid, enchanting tale of facing fear. Written by Charlie Kaufman, the new animated adventure boasts the voices of Paul Walter Hauer, Jacob Tremblay, Ike Barinholtz, Angela Bassett and Nat Faxon.

Premiering on Netflix February 2nd, ‘Orion and the Dark’ has mostly flown under the radar. The streaming service put out one trailer, and the concern was that it had ordered something it didn’t like –– in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation, no less –– and was simply dumping it on its servers in the netherworld that is early February. It’s a pleasant surprise, then, to learn that the movie is actually delightful, smart, ambitious and much deeper than some other animated offerings premiering on streaming services around the same time.