A Hidden Map Has Been Revealed On THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Viral Website

A Hidden Map Has Been Revealed On THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Viral Website

A mysterious map has been uncovered on the Batman viral website operationearlybird.com that is asking for coordinates. A resourceful person, RawWulf, was able to access the map, but WB has closed the loophole.

By nailbiter111 - Dec 08, 2011 06:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman



RawWulf - 12/8/2011, 8:34 PM


I realize I don't have to defend myself because the map will reveal itself tomorrow, but I promise it's real. I debugged the Operation Early Bird page, found an IP address, surfed to the IP and was prompted for a password.

Another SHH user found a script that referenced some coords, I tried those as the password, and it revealed the map you see above. That's it ... About a half an hour later, WB had set up a redirect for the IP I found, and I was never again prompted for a password.

While I had the page open, I tried various coords without success. I don't think the map was fully functional yet.

One guess was that the map focused on the locations of IMAX theaters screening the prologue.

The reason I have Photoshop open was because I took a screen grab to post the image you see above. I also posted a zoom of the map on SHH.

So yeah, that's my story.


Image Courtesy of RawWulf







The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters July 20th 2012 and stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Garly Oldman as Jim Gordon, Tom Hardy as Bane, Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake and Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate.

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jarel93
jarel93 - 12/8/2011, 7:12 PM
Doesn't look so mysterious to me, considering the fact that it's the majority of the western hemisphere....
jarel93
jarel93 - 12/8/2011, 7:18 PM
Wait, where has this hidden map been discovered and how was it found? It's not showing up on operationearlybird.com for me.
superotherside
superotherside - 12/8/2011, 7:20 PM
DFWmaniac
DFWmaniac - 12/8/2011, 7:25 PM
Yeah. I don't see any map.
PaulRom
PaulRom - 12/8/2011, 7:28 PM
Yeah I can't get to it either. Hm.
jarel93
jarel93 - 12/8/2011, 7:38 PM
It's apparently been removed. So whether it was legit or not in the first place is unable to be determined.
kingmonkeyman
kingmonkeyman - 12/8/2011, 8:13 PM
Do I have to change the clock on my PC ahead 14 hrs so Calendar Man can tell me what to do?
RawWulf
RawWulf - 12/8/2011, 8:34 PM
I realize I don't have to defend myself because the map will reveal itself tomorrow, but I promise it's real. I debugged the Operation Early Bird page, found an IP address, surfed to the IP and was prompted for a password.

Another SHH user found a script that referenced some coords, I tried those as the password, and it revealed the map you see above. That's it ... About a half an hour later, WB had set up a redirect for the IP I found, and I was never again prompted for a password.

While I had the page open, I tried various coords without success. I don't think the map was fully functional yet.

One guess was that the map focused on the locations of IMAX theaters screening the prologue.

The reason I have Photoshop open was because I took a screen grab to post the image you see above. I also posted a zoom of the map on SHH.

So yeah, that's my story.
batmanrises
batmanrises - 12/8/2011, 8:51 PM
Good work RawWulf! Props
dAjOKeR
dAjOKeR - 12/8/2011, 9:04 PM
Go to https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/DaveEdwards30/status/144967549690458112


The jOkEr
RawWulf
RawWulf - 12/8/2011, 9:14 PM
I had lost the map before that accounted Tweeted those coords. I was stupid and refreshed the page in my debugging plugin, so I lost it :-/
BlueHawaiiSurfer
BlueHawaiiSurfer - 12/8/2011, 9:31 PM
What is the Joker's link for??
Batman5
Batman5 - 12/8/2011, 10:05 PM
hmm a blank map
95
95 - 12/8/2011, 10:32 PM
Operation EARLY Bird:
Type in YOUR coordinates (where you live) to find the nearest theater playing the Prologue?
A 0:20 second clip from the Prologue would be nice Warner Brothers! Please and thank you.
beatusbellum
beatusbellum - 12/9/2011, 12:59 AM
Well, I tried the coordinates from the Leonid Pavel's Twitter page and got a point in Central India.

Just added a decimal so that "GB 2111815 – 8121864" --> 21.11815 –81.21864. Maybe it's nothing.
hoodedjester
hoodedjester - 12/9/2011, 10:20 AM
this is so EPIC - it's a picture of the western hemisphere .... so it clearly must mean Bane is going to take over North America and the epilogue is just the start of his takeover.

And this is the problem with viral marketing - every single piece of a website is scrutinized looking for a clue and people run wild and vivid theories about what it all means when it probably means jack sh!t

Have some patience and let the details come out as the studio releases them!


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