Dimension 404

Dimension 404 is an American science fiction black comedy anthology series 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.

Cast and characters

 * Mark Hamill as the Narrator

Episode 1: "Matchmaker"

 * Robert Buckley as Adam
 * Lea Michele as Amanda
 * Matt Jones as Greg
 * Joel McHale as Dr. Matthew Maker
 * Karissa Lee Staples as Becky
 * Catherine Garcia as Cate
 * Mario Garcia as Mario

Episode 2: "Cinethrax"

 * Sarah Hyland as Chloe
 * Daniel Zovatto as Zach
 * Patton Oswalt as Uncle Dusty
 * Casimere Jolette as Brie
 * Ashly Burch 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 as Susan Hirsch
 * Anthony Oh (Stunt person) as Lord Entropy
 * Utkarsh Ambudkar as Alex Kapour
 * Parry Shen as Unnamed Animator
 * Charles Fleischer as Professor Dobkin
 * Pepe Serna as Wally Nash
 * Matthew Del Negro as Time Ryder
 * Julie Dove as Julie Hirsch
 * LaLa Nestor as Young Sue Hirsch
 * James Babson as Guard #1
 * Anthony Alabi as Guard #2

Episode 4: "Polybius"

 * Ryan Lee as Andrew Meyers
 * Sterling Beaumon as Jess
 * Gabrielle Elyse as Amy
 * Ken Foree as Agent X
 * Tucker Albrizzi as Dennis
 * Adrienne Barbeau as Wilma
 * Davis Desmond as Melvin Raimi
 * Travis Myers as Coach Wurgler
 * Douglas Tait as Polybius Creature
 * Chris Wylde as Detective

Episode 5: "Bob"

 * Tom Noonan as Bob
 * Megan Mullally as Director Stevens
 * Constance Wu as Jane
 * Malcolm Barrett as Chris
 * Melanie Thompson as Beth
 * Chase Williamson as Private Adams

Episode 6: "Impulse"

 * Lorenza Izzo as Val Hernandez / "Speedrun"
 * Kenneth Choi as Kojima
 * Matt Lauria as Evan
 * Cody Johns as Roy Torvald / "Killohertz"
 * Jimmy Wong as Commentator
 * Noah Segan as Charlie

Development
The six-episode anthology was ordered to series at Hulu in February 2016, with Dolly taking on the role of showrunner. 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. 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. 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. 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. That same month, Megan Mullally and Constance Wu were cast to appear in the same episode. 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. On March 21, 2017, it was announced that Mark Hamill narrates the series.

Filming
Filming for the series began in June 2016.