David Copperfield Says He’s Going To Make The Moon Disappear For An Illusion He Has Been Working On For 30 Years

Magician David Copperfield announced his plan to make the moon disappear.

The illusionist said that he had worked very hard on making this particular illusion a reality, and he hopes to pull it off in February 2024.

“I’m going to make the moon disappear,” he told Today. “I have multiple methods to make it work. I’m just trying to keep it wondrous. That’s why it’s taken me so long.”

“It’s taken 30 years of work, that’s literally 30 years of our lives to develop it,” the magician stated. “And there’s multiple methods to make it work and I’m collaborating with Save the Children, an amazing organization to show the world the difference one person can make.”

“If one person can make the moon disappear from the sky, imagine how together we can make poverty and hunger and danger disappear for our children on Earth.”

“Anyone who has seen David perform, live or on TV, knows how awe-inspiring his magic can be,” mentioned Jennifer Roberti, the Vice President of Save the Children’s United States division. “We think that his message of positivity and passion for helping children around the world are a perfect complement to the difficult work we do every day.”

Copperfield: Tornado of Fire, the magician’s most recent special which aired in 2001, utilized certain moon effects such as rising tides and the illusion of a rising moon. The disappearing moon illusion is meant to be this production’s finale.

Copperfield discussed the progress of the rehearsals for this event.

“They’re going well,” he declared. “In fact, I’ve been testing them the past few months and people have reported seeing strange things in the sky at night, all around the country.”

“So, if anybody in the home sees anything weird up in the sky, please let me know by tagging me on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook,” he continued.

Spectators will have the opportunity to see the moon disappear live.

“We’re going to have a contest for people to actually win a chance to see the moon vanish live and in person and we’ll reveal more about that over the next few months on my socials,” the New Jersey-born illusionist stated.

In 2018, Copperfield was in the news for a magic trick that went wrong and an injured suing for $400,000 in medical bills.