''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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. 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

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not being found.

Cast and characters

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as the Narrator

Episode 1: "Matchmaker"

Robert Buckley Robert Earl Buckley (born May 2, 1981) is an American actor, known for his roles as Kirby Atwood on the NBC dramedy series '' Lipstick Jungle'', Clay Evans on The CW drama series '' One Tree Hill'', Brian Leonard on the ABC horror-drama series ' ...

as Adam * Lea Michele as Amanda * Matt Jones as Greg *

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

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 Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–2023) as adult ...

as Uncle Dusty * Casimere Jolette as Brie *

Ashly Burch Ashly Burch (born June 19, 1990) is an American actress, writer, director, and singer. She is known for her roles as Aloy in the ''Horizon (video game series), Horizon'' series, Chloe Price in the ''Life Is Strange (video game), Life Is Strange ...

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 *

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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 *

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as Jess * as Amy * Ken Foree as Agent X * Tucker Albrizzi as Dennis *

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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 *

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as Director Stevens * Constance Wu as Jane * Malcolm Barrett as Chris * Melanie Thompson as Beth * Chase Williamson as Private Adams

Episode 6: "Impulse"

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as Val Hernandez / "Speedrun" *

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as Kojima * Matt Lauria as Evan * Cody Johns as Roy Torvald / "Killohertz" *

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as Commentator *

Noah Segan Noah Segan is an American actor. He is best known for his work in the films of Rian Johnson (''Looper (film), Looper'', ''Brick (film), Brick'', ''Knives Out'') as well as his appearance in ''Deadgirl''. Early life Segan is the grandson of Amer ...

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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, 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

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

joined to star alongside Hyland, Ashley Rickards was cast to lead a separate episode, and

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

and Constance Wu were cast to appear in the same episode. In July 2016,

, 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

narrates the series.

Filming

Filming for the series began in June 2016.

Episodes

References

External links

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