This sounds more like "The Thirteenth Floor" to me, but:
Tech billionaires convinced we live in the Matrix are secretly funding scientists to help break us out of it
Many of the world's richest and most powerful people, including Elon Musk and Bank of America, think that we live in a simulation of the real world
To read the rest of the article:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/computer-simulation-world-matrix-scientists-elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-ai-a7347526.html