Watch the charming new trailer for 'Orion and the Dark' (+ poster)

Check out the new trailer for Netflix’s upcoming animated DreamWorks movie, Orion and the Dark, directed by Sean Charmatz (Trolls World Tour) – where darkness is a little boy’s new best friend.

The film is based on a novel by Emma Yarlett, and the subsequent screenplay written by Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).

The film stars Jacob Tremblay as the scared-of-everything young boy, Orion, Paul Walter Hauser as The Dark, and Werner Herzog.

Here’s the official synopsis:

Orion seems a lot like your average elementary school kid — shy, unassuming, harboring a secret crush. But underneath his seemingly normal exterior, Orion is a ball of adolescent anxiety, 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. So when the literal embodiment of his worst fear pays a visit, 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 grows closer, Orion must decide if he can learn to accept the unknown — to stop letting fear control his life and finally embrace the joy of living.

Got to say, I empathise a LOT with Orion’s character, as I used to feel like that at primary school, too. Looking back on it, I’m pretty sure I had undiagnosed anxiety but aaaaaanyway, watch the trailer below:

This looks like a super fun movie, with relatable characters and enough interesting stuff going on that it looks quite entertaining, too. Bring it on, Netflix!