Esoteric screenwriter Charlie Kaufman turns his hand to family filmmaking with Orion And The Dark. Here’s the trailer.
Charlie Kaufman is synonymous with the surreal. Whether it’s the astonishingly original plot of Being John Malkovich, or the novel structure of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Kaufman’s films aren’t easy to categorise. We described his most recent film, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things, as ‘a bit odd’.
In 2020, he penned his first novel, Antkind, a sprawling absurdist epic about a man who is slowly driven insane by the memory of a three month long film only he has seen, and attempts to convince the world of its existence.
One thing he’s not known for, it’s fair to say, is family films. However, his latest screenplay is the surprisingly friendly-looking Orion And The Dark, an animated film which lands on Netflix next month. The last time Kaufman dabbled in animation,...
Charlie Kaufman is synonymous with the surreal. Whether it’s the astonishingly original plot of Being John Malkovich, or the novel structure of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Kaufman’s films aren’t easy to categorise. We described his most recent film, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things, as ‘a bit odd’.
In 2020, he penned his first novel, Antkind, a sprawling absurdist epic about a man who is slowly driven insane by the memory of a three month long film only he has seen, and attempts to convince the world of its existence.
One thing he’s not known for, it’s fair to say, is family films. However, his latest screenplay is the surprisingly friendly-looking Orion And The Dark, an animated film which lands on Netflix next month. The last time Kaufman dabbled in animation,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Take a look at more footage from "Orion and the Dark", the animated fantasy comedy feature, directed by Sean Charmatz, based on the book by Emma Yarlett, streaming February 2, 2024 on Netflix:
"....'Orion' seems a lot like your average school kid, shy and un-assuming. But underneath his seemingly normal exterior, Orion is a very anxious boy, 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'.
"He needs a light everytime he's sleeping. So when the literal embodiment of his worst fear pays a visit, the 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 grow closer,...
"....'Orion' seems a lot like your average school kid, shy and un-assuming. But underneath his seemingly normal exterior, Orion is a very anxious boy, 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'.
"He needs a light everytime he's sleeping. So when the literal embodiment of his worst fear pays a visit, the 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 grow closer,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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.
“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,...
“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.
“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,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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The M72 World Tour kicked off on April 27 this year in support of their 11th studio album, 72 Seasons.
Metallica only has one more show left this year, which they will be performing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 14. They won’t be starting their 2024 tour for M72 until May in Europe. August will see their return to North America.
Supporting acts include Ice Nine Kills, Five Finger Death Punch, Pantera, Mammoth Wvh and Greta Van Fleet.
>Get Metallica ‘M72’ Concert Tour Tickets
M72 World Tour North American 2024 Dates:
08-02 Foxborough, Ma — Gillette Stadium
08-04 Foxborough, Ma — Gillette Stadium
08-09 Chicago, Il — Soldier Field
08-11 Chicago, Il — Soldier Field
08-16 Minneapolis, Mn — U.S. Bank Stadium
08-18 Minneapolis, Mn — U.
- 12/14/2023
- by Rose Anne Cox-Peralta
- Uinterview
Excerpts from the 13 selected films will be screened to attending industry on Sunday 17 in Les Arcs.
Ukrainian sci-fi U Are The Universe is among 13 feature projects selected for the Work in Progress strand of Les Arcs Film Festival, which runs from December 16-23.
The feature debut of Ukrainian filmmaker Pavlo Ostrikov, the film shot in 2022 and is currently in post-production, produced by Ukraine’s ForeFilms and Belgium’s Stenola, with backing from the Ukrainian State Film Agency.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
Set after the explosion of Earth, the film follows a lonely Ukrainian astronaut who believes...
Ukrainian sci-fi U Are The Universe is among 13 feature projects selected for the Work in Progress strand of Les Arcs Film Festival, which runs from December 16-23.
The feature debut of Ukrainian filmmaker Pavlo Ostrikov, the film shot in 2022 and is currently in post-production, produced by Ukraine’s ForeFilms and Belgium’s Stenola, with backing from the Ukrainian State Film Agency.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
Set after the explosion of Earth, the film follows a lonely Ukrainian astronaut who believes...
- 12/7/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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