''Dimension 404'' is an American

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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

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. The series is produced by RocketJump and

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, with each episode being its own self-contained

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. 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

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signifying an error due to a webpage not being found.

Cast and characters

Mark Hamill Mark Richard Hamill (; born September 25, 1951) is an American actor and writer. He is known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the '' Star Wars'' film series, beginning with the original 1977 film and subsequently winning three Saturn Awards ...

as the Narrator

Episode 1: "Matchmaker"

Robert Buckley Robert Earl Buckley (born May 2, 1981) is an American actor, known for his roles as Major Lillywhite on The CW's comedy-drama series ''iZombie'' from 2015 until 2019, Kirby Atwood on NBC's comedy-drama series '' Lipstick Jungle'' and Clay Evans o ...

as Adam *

Lea Michele Lea Michele Sarfati (; born August 29, 1986) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and author. She began her career as a child actress on Broadway, appearing in productions of ''Les Misérables'' (1995–1996), ''Ragtime'' (1997–1999) ...

as Amanda * Matt Jones as Greg *

Joel McHale Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is best known for hosting '' The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015). He has performe ...

as Dr. Matthew Maker * Karissa Lee Staples as Becky * Catherine Garcia as Cate * Mario Garcia as Mario

Episode 2: "Cinethrax"

Sarah Hyland Sarah Jane Hyland (born November 24, 1990) is an American actress and singer. Born in Manhattan, she attended the Professional Performing Arts School before having small roles in the films '' Private Parts'' (1997), '' Annie'' (1999) and '' Bl ...

as Chloe *

Daniel Zovatto Daniel Zovatto-Blanco (born July 12, 1991) is a Costa Rican American film and television actor. Since 2012, he has starred in films of the horror genre, '' Beneath'' (2013), ''It Follows'' (2014), and '' Don't Breathe'' (2016), as well as the rom ...

as Zach *

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom '' The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...

as Uncle Dusty * Casimere Jolette as Brie *

Ashly Burch Ashly Burch (born June 19, 1990) is an American voice actress, singer, and television writer. She is known for her roles as Aloy in ''Horizon Zero Dawn'' and ''Horizon Forbidden West'', Mel in ''The Last of Us Part II'', Tiny Tina in the '' Bord ...

as Shannon * Tom Plumley as Concession Stand Teen * Sean Przano as Cosplay Nerd * Joey Scoma as Arnie * CC Weske as Alexis

Episode 3: "Chronos"

Ashley Rickards Ashley Nicole Rickards (born May 4, 1992) is an American actress, known for her role as Jenna Hamilton in the MTV comedy-drama series '' Awkward'', and as Samantha "Sam" Walker, a troubled young girl in The CW's teen drama series '' One Tree Hi ...

as Susan Hirsch * Anthony Oh (Stunt person) as Lord Entropy *

Utkarsh Ambudkar Utkarsh Ambudkar ( ; born December 8, 1983), also known by his stage name UTK the INC, is an American actor, rapper, and singer. He is known for his film roles including '' Pitch Perfect'' (2012), '' Game Over, Man!'' (2018), ''Blindspotting'' (2 ...

as Alex Kapour *

Parry Shen Parry Shen (born June 26, 1973) is an American actor, author, screenwriter, and producer. Shen's first major acting role was in ''Better Luck Tomorrow'' as Ben Manibag, the film's leading character. He also starred in another Asian American film, ...

as Unnamed Animator *

Charles Fleischer Charles Fleischer (born August 27, 1950) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, musician, and writer, best known for appearing in films such as ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'', '' The Polar Express'', '' Rango'', '' ...

as Professor Dobkin *

Pepe Serna Pepe Serna (born July 23, 1944) is an American film and television actor and artist. Serna's first break in movies came in 1970 on the Roger Corman directed film '' The Student Nurses''. Over the years Serna has appeared in over 100 films. In ...

as Wally Nash *

Matthew Del Negro Matthew Del Negro (born August 2, 1972) is an American actor. Life and career Matthew Del Negro was born in Mount Kisco, New York, as the youngest of three children. He grew up in Westchester County. He is a graduate of Boston College, where h ...

as Time Ryder * Julie Dove as Julie Hirsch * LaLa Nestor as Young Sue Hirsch * James Babson as Guard #1 *

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as Guard #2

Episode 4: "Polybius"

* Ryan Lee as Andrew Meyers *

Sterling Beaumon Sterling Martin Beaumon (born June 2, 1995) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Max Doyle in the 2008 film, ''Mostly Ghostly'', and as young Benjamin Linus in the ABC television series, '' Lost''. Beaumon has had guest roles in '' ...

as Jess * as Amy *

Ken Foree Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in ...

as Agent X * Tucker Albrizzi as Dennis *

Adrienne Barbeau Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress, singer and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical '' Grease'', and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter o ...

as Wilma * Davis Desmond as Melvin Raimi * Travis Myers as Coach Wurgler * Douglas Tait as Polybius Creature *

Chris Wylde Chris Wylde (born Chris Noll, August 22, 1976) is an American actor from New Jersey. Wylde is best known for his roles in the films '' The DUFF'', ''Space Cowboys'', the 2009 horror film '' The Revenant'', the 2017 horror comedy '' The Babysitt ...

as Detective

Episode 5: "Bob"

Tom Noonan Tom Noonan (born April 12, 1951) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Francis Dolarhyde in '' Manhunter'' (1986), Frankenstein's Monster in ''The Monster Squad'' (1987), Cain in '' RoboCop 2'' (1990), T ...

as Bob *

Megan Mullally Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for playing Karen Walker on the NBC sitcom '' Will & Grace'' (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award ...

as Director Stevens *

Constance Wu Constance Wu (born March 22, 1982) is an American actress. Wu was included on ''Time'' magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. She has earned several accolades, including nominations for a Golden Globe Award, fo ...

as Jane * Malcolm Barrett as Chris * Melanie Thompson as Beth *

Chase Williamson Chase Williamson (born July 7, 1988) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for portraying David Wong in ''John Dies at the End'' (2012). Early life Williamson was born in Coral Springs, Florida, in 1988. When he was young, h ...

as Private Adams

Episode 6: "Impulse"

* Lorenza Izzo as Val Hernandez / "Speedrun" *

Kenneth Choi Kenneth Choi (born October 20, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for playing Henry Lin on the television series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014), Chester Ming in Martin Scorsese's '' The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), and Judge Lance It ...

as Kojima *

Matt Lauria Matthew Lauria (born August 16, 1982) is an American actor and musician. He made his television debut on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'' in 2007. He is best known for his roles as Luke Cafferty on the NBC/DirecTV drama '' Friday Night Lights'', Ryan ...

as Evan * Cody Johns as Roy Torvald / "Killohertz" *

Jimmy Wong James Franklin Wong (born March 28, 1987) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his 2011 music video, "Ching Chong: Asians in the Library Song" and for his role as Ted in the web series '' Video Game High School''. In 2017, he ...

as Commentator * Noah Segan as Charlie

Production

Development

The six-episode anthology was ordered to series at

in February 2016, with Dolly taking on the role of

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Freddie Wong Freddie Wong (born September 13, 1985) is an American Internet celebrity, filmmaker, VFX artist, podcaster, and competitive gamer. Wong has participated in at least three YouTube channels; with ''RocketJump'', his production company's main chan ...

, Matthew Arnold, and Dolly were also reported to serve as executive producers on the series, as well as undertaking directing duties for individual episodes. Each episode was planned to be an hour in length, and tell individual stories.

Casting

On June 8, 2016, it was announced that

and

would headline the first episode of the series, and Ryan Lee would take the lead role in a different and unrelated episode. On June 14, 2016,

joined the cast to star alongside Michele and Buckley in the first episode, and

was cast in a leading role in a separate episode. That same month,

joined to star alongside Hyland,

was cast to lead a separate episode, and

joined to co-star opposite Lee. That same month,

and

were cast to appear in the same episode. In July 2016, Lorenza Izzo,

, and

joined the cast of the series, with Izzo appearing in a separate episode, Zovatto appearing opposite Hyland, and Noonan appearing opposite Wu and Mullally. On March 21, 2017, it was announced that

narrates the series.

Filming

Filming for the series began in June 2016.

Episodes

References

External links

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