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Josef Rusnak’s The Thirteenth Floor is a remarkably insightful sci-fi noir that deserved wider recognition. Though less flashy than other films of its kind, it explored the idea of simulated reality with a depth and maturity that its more well-known counterparts didn’t achieve. While The Matrix became the bigger, more popular hit twenty-six years ago, many would argue that The Thirteenth Floor, starring Vincent D’Onofrio, was the more intelligent, daring, and emotionally resonant of the two.

The last movie ended with a huge cliffhanger – everyone has forgotten Peter Parker. The new film will need to re-establish who he is, explain his place in this world, and show how he’s connected to the characters and events since his initial experience with the multiverse.

Before the American show Ghosts premiered, the original British version introduced a similar premise: Alison Cooper (played by Charlotte Ritchie) could see ghosts, which dramatically changed her life and that of her husband, Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe). Although the British Ghosts concluded in 2023 after five seasons, plans are now underway to continue the story with a full-length movie.