Dimension 404

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Dimension 404
Dimension404Title.jpg
Genre
Created by
  • Will Campos
  • Desmond Dolly
  • Daniel Johnson
  • David Welch
Starring
Narrated by Mark Hamill
Composer Cris Velasco
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Desmond Dolly
  • Matthew Arnold
  • Freddie Wong
  • Brian Udovich
  • Daniel Johnson
  • David Welch
  • Will Campos
Production locationLos Angeles
Cinematography
  • Jon Salmon
  • Tarin Anderson
  • Steve Calitri
EditorCurtis Thurber
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time40 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Hulu
ReleaseApril 4 (2017-04-04) 
April 25, 2017 (2017-04-25)

Dimension 404 is an American science fiction black comedy anthology series [1] created by Desmond "Dez" Dolly and Will Campos, and co-created by Dan Johnson and David Welch. It began airing on April 4, 2017 on the streaming service Hulu. The series is produced by RocketJump and Lionsgate Television. The series is heavily inspired by The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. Its title is taken from the 1950s radio program Dimension X and the HTTP status code 404, which signifies an error due to a webpage not being found.

Contents

Cast and characters

Episode 1: "Matchmaker"

Episode 2: "Cinethrax"

Episode 3: "Chronos"

Episode 4: "Polybius"

Episode 5: "Bob"

Episode 6: "Impulse"

Production

Development

The six-episode anthology was ordered to series at Hulu in February 2016, with Dolly taking on the role of showrunner. [2] Freddie Wong, Matthew Arnold, and Dolly were also reported to serve as executive producers on the series, as well as undertaking directing duties for individual episodes. [3] Each episode was planned to be an hour in length, and tell individual stories.

Casting

On June 8, 2016, it was announced that Lea Michele and Robert Buckley would headline the first episode of the series, and Ryan Lee would take the lead role in a different and unrelated episode. [4] On June 14, 2016, Joel McHale joined the cast to star alongside Michele and Buckley in the first episode, and Sarah Hyland was cast in a leading role in a separate episode. [5] That same month, Patton Oswalt joined to star alongside Hyland, Ashley Rickards was cast to lead a separate episode, and Sterling Beaumon joined to co-star opposite Lee. [6] That same month, Megan Mullally and Constance Wu were cast to appear in the same episode. [7] In July 2016, Lorenza Izzo, Daniel Zovatto, and Tom Noonan joined the cast of the series, with Izzo appearing in a separate episode, Zovatto appearing opposite Hyland, and Noonan appearing opposite Wu and Mullally. [8] On March 21, 2017, it was announced that Mark Hamill narrates the series. [9]

Filming

Filming for the series began in June 2016. [10]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Matchmaker"Stephen Cedars & Benji KleimanStory by: Will Campos, Dez Dolly, Daniel Johnson & David Welch
Teleplay by: Will Campos, Dez Dolly, Jake Andrews
April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)
Adam, a lonely blogger, meets his perfect match through a cutting-edge dating app. But the moment he says "I love you," his life takes a turn for the worse - and Adam discovers a shocking truth that makes him question everything.
2"Cinethrax"Dez DollyStory by: Will Campos, Dez Dolly, Daniel Johnson & David Welch
Teleplay by: Daniel Johnson, Will Campos, Dez Dolly
April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)
A snooty cinema purist struggles to convince his fellow filmgoers that the 3D movie they’re watching—screening in a mysterious new format—is summoning forth a brain-sucking interdimensional monster only he can see. Nods to They Live include the protagonist's T-Shirt and the stick of chewing gum.
3"Chronos" Dave Boyle Story by: Will Campos, Daniel Johnson, David Welch
Teleplay by: Will Campos & Dez Dolly
April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)
A hopelessly nostalgic physics student fights to prove her sanity when no one on Earth can remember her favorite 90s cartoon show.
4"Polybius"Dez DollyWill Campos & Dez DollyApril 11, 2017 (2017-04-11)
A young arcade junkie in 1984 attempts to master POLYBIUS, a sinister new game of unknown origin that induces nightmarish visions, but when kids start dying, he must beat the game to unlock its deadly secrets.
5"Bob"Matt Arnold & Freddie WongWill CamposApril 18, 2017 (2017-04-18)
As a holiday threat looms large, an Army psychologist races against the clock to treat the strangest patient of her career - and the only one who can save Christmas - BOB, a depressed NSA supercomputer.
6"Impulse"Matt Arnold & Freddie WongStory by: Will Campos, Dez Dolly, Daniel Johnson & David Welch
Teleplay by: Will Campos, Dez Dolly & David Welch
April 25, 2017 (2017-04-25)
A brash, up-and-coming pro FPS gamer finds the edge she needs in an energy drink that gives her real world "bullet time". It's a shortcut to fame and fortune-but it might just be a "shortcut" through the rest of her life.

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