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Here at Tubefilter, we love to highlight Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns we want to see funded. At the same time, there are plenty of projects on both of those sites that probably don't deserve to see the light of day. 2040 is a satire of that second group. It follows its main characters as they attempt to crowdfund their titular film, barely succeed, and then watch it fly out of control anyway. 2040 stars three of its four creators--Brendan Fitzgibbons, Hailey Giles, and Arturo Castro--as the respective filmmaker, producer, and lead actor of an indie romance in search of Kickstarter funding. By the end of the pilot, the 2040 team secures the money it needs, but future episodes will see the project take a turn for the worse. "When they're forced to bring on Hollywood producers to back the film," co-creator Adam Rothfeld told The Huffington Post, " it slowly turns into a...