Apollo 18 Movie Not Documentary Says NASA

The Apollo 18 by Dimension Films is not a documentary film says Bert Ulrich, NASA’s liaison for multimedia, film and television collaborations, told the Los Angeles Times. “The film is a work of fiction, and we always knew that. We were minimally involved with this picture. We never even saw a rough cut.”

NASA is backing away from the movie that claims Apollo 18 mission, which was officially canceled, actually did go to the moon, but never returned.

From Hollywood Reporter:

The opening of the trailer for Apollo 18, directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, has text on the screen that reads, “In 1972, the United States sent two astronauts on a secret mission to the moon. Despite decades of denial by NASA and the Department of Defense, classified footage of the mission was leaked to the media.” The film portrays all of the video to be unearthed footage from the actual mission.

“The idea of portraying the Apollo 18 mission as authentic is simply a marketing ploy. Perhaps a bit of a ‘Blair Witch Project’ strategy to generate hype,” said Ulrich.