Dream Corp LLC


Dream Corp LLC is an American black comedy television series created by Daniel Stessen for Adult Swim. Dream Corp LLC is an absurdist workplace comedy set in a run-down dream therapy facility located in a dilapidated strip mall. In each episode, a new desperate patient has their dreams recorded, analyzed, and, if necessary, adjusted, by Dr. Roberts and his staff of misfits.
The series is the first on Adult Swim to use rotoscoping. It premiered on October 23, 2016.

Plot

Dream Corp LLC is set in a run-down dream therapy facility located in a derelict strip mall which "operates on the fringes of medical science and legality". Desperate patients - all of them referred to only by number - have their dreams recorded and analyzed by Dr. Roberts and his staff. Roberts uses an unconventional method: he inserts himself into those surreal dreams to guide the patient to overcoming their problem, all while being watched and monitored by his colleagues, including the claw-handed technician Randy; Ahmed, a dope-smoking nurse; the sardonic robot T.E.R.R.Y.; Roberts' female psychology assistant ; and a patient, 88, who has been co-opted to work for Roberts as part of his therapy, because he could not pay for it.

Cast

Dream Corp LLC is a black comedy created by Daniel Stessen, known for co-writing and directing The Gold Sparrow, an animated short film released in 2013. Adult Swim commissioned a pilot based on Stessen's original idea for the series in May 2014, ahead of the network's upfront advertising meeting. The pilot featured guest stars Bud Cort, Baron Vaughn, and Moises Arias. The series is produced by Williams Street. Dream Corp LLC was ordered for a full season in November 2015, and the network made mention of the series in their 2016 upfront.
The series is the first on Adult Swim to use rotoscoping to achieve animation; this technique entails drawing over live-action footage. This process was used for Stessen's short film The Gold Sparrow and the pilot for Dream Corp LLC. Reclusive animator and songwriter Chad VanGaalen was brought on board to provide musical score for the show and also designed "T.E.R.R.Y." the office robot. The trailer for the series was released on October 5, 2016.
The series' animated segments are handled by two companies. provides the visual effects and CG graphics, while provides the rotoscoped character animation using their proprietary rotoscoping software, Rotobelly. The live action portions of the show were produced by in season one, with Alive and Kicking, Inc. taking over live action shoots in season two.
Season 2 premiered on October 21, 2018.
A "sneak preview" of season 3 premeired as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fool's programming stunt. It is expected to premire in Summer 2020, but a late June 2020 launch date was pushed back.

Style

The visual style of Dream Corp LLC has been described as "the degraded, retro-futurist look of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil and the underrated The Zero Theorem, while the sci-fi exists in the realm of lo-fi realism like Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." The original Artbelly rotoscopers worked on the films Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, the look of which also contributes to the show's aesthetic.

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

Season 2 (2018)