Netflix has premiered a second trailer for the new Dreamworks Animation film title “Orion and the Dark” which will premiere on the streamer on February 2nd.

Famed “Being John Malkovich” scribe Charlie Kaufman has penned this adaptation of the book by Emma Yarlett which is set outside Philadelphia in the 1990s.

The story follows Orion (Jacob Tremblay), an anxious young boy who is afraid of the dark. Then, the living embodiment of his worst fear, ‘The Dark’ (Paul Walter Hauser) pays him a visit to prove there is nothing to be afraid of in the night.

Orion must decide if he can learn to accept the unknown and embrace the joy of living. “Trolls World Tour” storyboard artist Sean Charmatz makes his feature directorial debut on the project.

The cast includes Werner Herzog as the narrator, Ike Barinholtz as Light, Angela Bassett as Dreams, Natasia Demetriou as Sleep, Golda Rosheuvel as Unexplained Noises, Nat Faxon as Worrisome Insomnia, and Aparna Nancherla as Quiet along with Carla Gugino and Matt Dellapina as Orion’s parents.

The film which is expected to have the usual Charlie Kaufman-style to it and marks the first original feature produced by DreamWorks Animation Television.

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