{"id":47089,"date":"2024-02-07T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/?p=47089"},"modified":"2024-02-07T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:18:00","slug":"netflix-movie-orion-and-the-dark-features-colin-hanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/2024\/02\/netflix-movie-orion-and-the-dark-features-colin-hanks\/","title":{"rendered":"NETFLIX Movie \u201cOrion and the Dark\u201d Features Colin Hanks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix and DreamWorks\u2019 new animated kids\u2019 movie Orion and the Dark<\/strong> is about a young kid and his encounters with his greatest fear: the Dark. The story is being told by older Orion, who is voiced by Colin Hanks, to his daughter Hypatia (Mia Akemi Brown) in order to help her to get over her own fears. The character in the movie even looks a little bit like the actor. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is really such a delight,\u201d Colin told the hosts of Good Morning America. \u201cIt’s basically a story about a young kid who needs to overcome his fear of the dark as well as numerous other fears and it being an animated movie Dark comes and visits him and takes him around the world to show him the beauty of the dark.\u201d He continues \u201cIt’s a really sweet film that doesn’t have a bad guy and it’s very accessible for everyone. It’s simply about overcoming your fears.\u201d <\/p>\n

When he was asked about the important takeaways that we can walk away with especially with families, Colin explains that more than anything else it just shows \u2018hey we\u2019re all human beings and everyone has got issues\u2019 and a lot of times, the fears are a lot worse in our mind than they are in reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that’s kind of the message of the film, but it’s also funny and beautiful to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orion and the Dark was written by Charlie Kaufman and when Colin learned that he is doing a kids movie he wanted to be a part of the project. \u201cAs I read it, I just went \u2018wow this is really some not only profound stuff that we are talking about\u2019. Again, there is no bad guy pushing a plot, it’s simply this relatable subject.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody has a hard time overcoming your fears but it’s not impossible\u201d, he finishes. And we all got them. Colin reveals his biggest fear at the end of the short interview which you can watch below. You’ll get to see a short clip from the movie at the beginning of the interview. <\/p>\n

Besides Colin Hanks, the leading vocal cast features Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser, and Mia Akemi Brown. The film is based on the best-selling picture book Orion and The Dark by Emma Yarlett and was released on Netflix on February 2nd, 2024.<\/p>\n