Dimension 404

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, with each episode being its own self-contained television film. The series is heavily inspired by The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. Its name is taken from the 1950s radio program Dimension X with 404 added on the end to signify its content is based on the internet generation. The number 404 is a reference to the HTTP status code signifying an error due to a webpage not being found.

Dimension 404
Genre
Created by
  • Will Campos
  • Desmond Dolly
  • Daniel Johnson
  • David Welch
Starring
Narrated byMark Hamill
Composer(s)Cris Velasco
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Desmond Dolly
  • Matthew Arnold
  • Freddie Wong
  • Brian Udovich
  • Daniel Johnson
  • David Welch
  • Will Campos
Production location(s)Los Angeles
Cinematography
  • Jon Salmon
  • Tarin Anderson
  • Steve Calitri
Editor(s)Curtis Thurber
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time40 minutes
Production company(s)
Release
Original networkHulu
Original releaseApril 4 (2017-04-04) –
April 25, 2017 (2017-04-25)

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 BoyleStory 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.
gollark: People *play the lottery*, too.
gollark: People somehow can't accept positive-sum games.
gollark: > A core proposition in economics is that voluntary exchanges benefit both parties. We show that people often deny the mutually beneficial nature of exchange, instead espousing the belief that one or both parties fail to benefit from the exchange. Across 4 studies (and 7 further studies in the Supplementary Materials), participants read about simple exchanges of goods and services, judging whether each party to the transaction was better off or worse off afterwards. These studies revealed that win–win denial is pervasive, with buyers consistently seen as less likely to benefit from transactions than sellers. Several potential psychological mechanisms underlying win–win denial are considered, with the most important influences being mercantilist theories of value (confusing wealth for money) and naïve realism (failing to observe that people do not arbitrarily enter exchanges). We argue that these results have widespread implications for politics and society.
gollark: (linking because I happened to read it recently)
gollark: But look at this: https://psyarxiv.com/efs5y/

References
  1. Prudom, Laura (June 14, 2016). "Joel McHale and Sarah Hyland Cast in Hulu's 'Dimension 404'". Variety. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  2. Petski, Denise (February 10, 2016). "RocketJump's Sci-Fi Anthology Series 'Dimension 404' To Premiere On Hulu". Deadline Hollywood.
  3. Spangler, Todd (February 11, 2016). "Lionsgate Brings RocketJump's 'Dimension 404' Sci-Fi Series to Hulu". Variety.
  4. Goldberg, Lesley (June 8, 2016). "Lea Michele, Robert Buckley to Star in Hulu Anthology 'Dimension 404'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. Petski, Denise (June 14, 2016). "Joel McHale & Sarah Hyland Join Hulu's 'Dimension 404'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  6. Petski, Denise (June 21, 2016). "Patton Oswalt, Ashley Rickards & Sterling Beaumon Join Hulu's 'Dimension 404'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  7. Petski, Denise (June 27, 2016). "Megan Mullally & Constance Wu Join Hulu's 'Dimension 404'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  8. Petski, Denise (July 20, 2016). "Lorenza Izzo, Daniel Zovatto & Tom Noonan Join Hulu's 'Dimension 404'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  9. "Voice Over Auditions". YouTube. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  10. Cukic, Milan (June 10, 2016). "Shooting Starts On New Hulu Sci-Fi Anthology Series Dimension 404". Sci-Fi Addicts.
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