We've seen dozens of movies about the heroics and brilliance that it took for NASA to accomplish the historic moon landing, but now we're getting a comedic take on the popular conspiracy theory (and to be clear that is all it is) of a fake moon landing in Fly Me to the Moon. For some extra fun, the 2024 new movie also has a rom-com storyline with Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum.
The star-studded comedy is being coy with the conspiracy theory, as the trailer, which you can watch below, throws in a line about how they should've gotten legendary director Stanley Kubrick to handle their fakeout, which has been a popular component of the conspiracy theory for years. Hopefully, people recognize Fly Me to the Moon isn't the "based on a true story" retellings of the space race as First Man or Hidden Figures were.
