On Wednesday, Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan kicked off their The Dark Knight Rises viral campaign with a fake CIA “bulletin” for a missing Russian scientist named Leonid Pavel (Alon Aboutboul). A second CIA “document” reveals a redacted transcript, which also relates to the “missing” Dr. Pavel.
Then on Thursday, a third document centering on Alon Aboutboul‘s character, Dr. Leonid Pavel, was revealed, along with the website OperationEarlyBird.com, which contained a clock counting down to 10:00 am this Friday morning. This was all believed to be leading up to “a major cultural event.”
It has been confirmed that Alon Aboutboul‘s Leonid Pavel is a central character in The Dark Knight Rises prologue, which will be in IMAX theaters staring December 16th, attached to IMAX prints of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. And now, the clock has ticked to zero.
What does it reveal?
A map with various different coordinates, leading to various cities across the United States, letting fans know when and where they can see The Dark Knight Rises prologue early. It will screen in 35 cities at 10 pm on Tuesday, December 13th. You can see if there is a green dot in the map image below that is near you. Then click here to get your tickets: clickHere
Theaters:
United States
- IMAX Theatre: Riverfront Park, North 507 Howard Street, Spokane, WA 99201 US
Hackworth IMAX Dome Theatre: The Tech Museum of Innovation, 201 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113-2008, US
AMC IMAX Theatre Metreon: 101 4th Street (Enter on Howard Street), San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Citywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX: Universal City Cinemas, 100 Universal Plaza, Citywalk, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA 91608, US
Ontario Palace Stadium 22 + IMAX: Regal Ontario 22 Cinemas, 4900 East Fourth St., Ontario, CA 91764, US
Irvine Spectrum 20 + IMAX: Irvine Spectrum, 65 Fortune Drive, Irvine, CA 92618, US
Desert IMAX Theatre: Desert IMAX Theatre, 68510 East Palm Canyon Dr., Cathedral City, CA 92234, US
Arizona Mills 25 with IMAX: Arizona Mills, 5000 Arizona Mills Circle, Suite 667, Tempe, AZ 85283, US
MAX Theater Austin: The Bob Bollock Texas State History Museum, 1800 North Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701, US
Star Cinema 16 with IMAX: Star Cinema 17 and IMAX, 3220 23rd Ave., Council Bluffs, IA 51503, US
Great Clips IMAX: Great Clips at Minnesota Zoo, 12000 Zoo Blvd., Apple Valley, MN 55124, US
Star 18 Fitchburg with IMAX: Star Cinema, 6091 McKee Road, Fitchburg, WI 53719, US
Navy Pier IMAX Theatre: Navy Pier, 700 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611, US
Opry Mills Stadium 20 + IMAX: Opry Mills Stadium 20 + IMAX, 570 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville, TN 37214, US
McWane IMAX, Birmingham: McWane Center, 200 19th Street North, Birmingham, AL 35203, US
AutoNation IMAX: Museum of Discovery and Science, 401 S.W. 2nd St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312-1707, US
Henry Ford IMAX: Henry Ford Museum, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, MI 48121-1970, US
Rangos Imax: Carnegie Science Center, One Allegheny Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15212, US
Johnson IMAX, Washington DC: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560, US
Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX: NASM Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air & Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA 20151, US
IMAX & The Tropicana: IMAX & The Tropicana, Brighton & The Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401-6390, US
Tuttleman IMAX – Franklin Institute: Franklin Institute Science Museum, 222 N. 20th St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, US
Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX: AMC Lincoln Square, 1998 Broadway & 68th St., New York, NY 10023, US
Palisades IMAX: IMAX Theatres at Palisades Center, 4270 Palisades Center Drive, West Nyack, NY 10994, US
Maritime IMAX, Norwalk: The Maritime Aquarium, 10 North Water Street, Norwalk, CT 06854, US
Providence Place 16 with IMAX: IMAX Feinstein Theatre at Providence Place, 9 Providence Place, Suite R2, Providence, RI 02903, US
Jordan’s Furniture IMAX: 1 Underprice Way, Natick, MA 01760, US
Simons IMAX (New England Aquarium): New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110, US
Canada
- National Geographic, Victoria: National Geographic IMAX Theatre, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1A1, Canada
Silvery City Riverport 18 + IMAX: Cineplex Galaxy Silver City Riverport, 14211 Entertainment Way, Richmond, BC V6W 1K4, Canada
Colussus Langley + IMAX: Cineplex Galaxy Colussus, 20090-91A Avenue, Langley, BC V1M 3Y9, Canada
Cineplex Galaxy Coliseum: 309 Rathburn Road West, Mississauga, ON L5B 4C1, Canada
Cineplex Galaxy Colossus: 3555 Highway 7 West, Woodbridge/Vaughan, ON L4L 6B, Canada
SilverCity Gloucester + IMAX: SilverCity Gloucester, 2385 City Park Drive, Ottawa, ON K1G 1G1, Canada
IMAX Le Theatre: Les Galeries de la Capitale, 5401 Boul Des Galeries
Quebec City, QC G2K 1N4, Canada
UK
- BFI IMAX: BFI IMAX, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, South Bank, Waterloo, London, SE1 8XR, UK
The Printworks: The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, City Centre, Manchester,, M4 2BS, UK
National Media Museum: National Media Museum, Bradford, BD1 1NQ, UK
Glasgow Science Center: Glasgow Science Center, 50 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1EA, UK
The Dark Knight Rises comes to theaters July 20th, 2012 and stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.
