The creator/star's new AMC series, 'Dispatches from Elsewhere,' is based on an 'alternate reality' game called The Jejune Institute. Let us explain.
“I was in search of — something I wanted to write about, is maybe the simplest way to put it. And answer the question of, ‘Why I personally am doing this in the first place?’” the actor-writer-director says about stumbling on Spencer McCall’swhich chronicles the mysterious interactive experience known as the Jejune Institute.
“I was basically stripped of all of the armor that you put on in life,” he says. “They do this amazing job of making you feel a part of this thing that doesn’t care who you are or the particularities of your life — and challenges you to be a part of something.” “I don’t know if I was ready — maybe I was skeptical,” Hull says. “There is something about shared experiences that can be transformative and that can build social cohesion. So, yeah, I was actually trying to initiate him into my world a little bit.”
Having seen the first few episodes of “Dispatches From Elsewhere,” Hull says, “I thought that was intact.”, Eve Lindley and Andre Benjamin, and though it relocates the action from San Francisco to Philadelphia, the idea remains closely linked with Hull’s creation: An eclectic group of strangers get caught up in a mysterious experience that may or may not be real, but definitely pushes every one of them out of their comfort zone.
The line between all of these things — games, experiences and the real world — is a massively complicated question. Hull, a newcomer to television, actually compares bringing one of his creations to the screen as an example of one of his own adventures:
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