Orion is “a ball of adolescent anxiety”, we’re told.
→ SOMEWHERE IN THE multiverse, there exists a version of Orion And The Dark that’s a straightforward retelling of Emma Yarlett’s adorable picture book – a simple story about a boy who’s scared of the dark but ends up befriending a mysterious entity that embodies the night. This is not that universe.
“You give that book to 99.9% of the other screenwriters in Hollywood, you get that version of the film,” says producer Peter McCown. “Charlie Kaufman just takes it to a different level.”