Another Piece Of The Mysterious THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Viral Campaign Revealed

Another Piece Of The Mysterious THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Viral Campaign Revealed

Released via the official Twiiter account for The Dark Knight Rises, another mysterious piece of the highly anticipated movies viral campaign has been revealed. What is "Operation Early Bird"? Read on for more.

By JoshWilding - Dec 08, 2011 12:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: Twitter (@thefirerises)

Yesterday saw the first steps (find those by clicking HERE) in what is sure to be many months of mysterious and intriguing clues as to what we can expect from the epic conclusion of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. Tweeted moments ago by @thefirerises, what do you make of this latest piece of the puzzle? It's worth noting the document uses today's date, so whether that indicates a countdown of some sort to something is unclear.



What exactly does operationearlybird.com/ have to do with all of this? Stay tuned to CBM for all the details as and when we have them.



Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' "The Dark Knight Rises" is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on "Batman Begins" and the record-breaking blockbuster "The Dark Knight." The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.




STARRING:

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine as Alfred
Gary Oldman as Commissioner Jim Gordon
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Tom Hardy as Bane
Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake
Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate
Josh Pence as Ra's Al Ghul

RELEASE DATE: July 20th, 2012


By: TwitterButtons.com
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karloshuddos
karloshuddos - 12/8/2011, 12:33 PM
It means either the Trailer or the Prologue might be released at 10:00am PST (18:00PM GMT) tomorrow. More likely the trailer though. It has no date on it but I'm guessing tomorrow as it says 1000 hours, if it were tonight it would say 2200 hours.
joekerr93
joekerr93 - 12/8/2011, 12:37 PM
I found this......
http://operationearlybird.com/
NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 12/8/2011, 12:38 PM
darthbobtarkas
darthbobtarkas - 12/8/2011, 12:40 PM
Aw shucks, you beat me to it :D
But hey, feel free to copypaste the transcript of the viral that I provided back here : http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MadOtakuFanThing/news/?a=50889
imnotahero
imnotahero - 12/8/2011, 12:42 PM
darthbobtarkas
darthbobtarkas - 12/8/2011, 12:43 PM
@joekerr93 AWESOME FIND!
Wildaniel
Wildaniel - 12/8/2011, 12:51 PM
I hope it means we get to see more of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman!!!

Sanderman
Sanderman - 12/8/2011, 12:52 PM
If the villian wouldve been the Riddler this could be an awesome viral campaign. I already feel like im looking at riddles
Wildaniel
Wildaniel - 12/8/2011, 12:53 PM
The link for the website doesnt work!!!
karloshuddos
karloshuddos - 12/8/2011, 12:55 PM
@wildaniel it does but obviously its being overloaded with people visiting it at the minute! It has a countdown timer which says 21 hours until operation early bird on it.
Sanderman
Sanderman - 12/8/2011, 12:55 PM
21 hours away...:)
MarkV
MarkV - 12/8/2011, 12:55 PM
http://www.warnerbros.com/all/us/omniture/s_code_theatrical.js

Whats that? ^
Wildaniel
Wildaniel - 12/8/2011, 12:58 PM
OK I see, I thought the trailer comes out on Christmas?
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 12/8/2011, 1:00 PM
darthbobtarkas
darthbobtarkas - 12/8/2011, 1:01 PM
I noticed that a google maps plugin or something was being loaded along with the website. I wonder, will it be a mass treasure hunt of some kind, tracking things around the world using google maps?

The site itself is strange. One time it loads a black screen, the other time it's text, and the other time it's nothing.
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 12/8/2011, 1:02 PM
@batlizard11- Cheers bro!
darthbobtarkas
darthbobtarkas - 12/8/2011, 1:02 PM
@batlizard11 can you link to said account?
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 12/8/2011, 1:04 PM
@darthbobtarkas- I posted it a few comments up
headlopper
headlopper - 12/8/2011, 1:10 PM
My mission statement: I have not read, watch or viewed any leaked footage of this film simply because I want to sit down and watch this movie completely uninfluenced by prior images.

Having said that...can we just please patiently wait for a ligit trailer instead of acting like dogs salivating at the dinner table for a meat scrap to thrown our way.
Thank you.
Steping
Steping - 12/8/2011, 1:11 PM
"Operation Early Bird"
MarkV
MarkV - 12/8/2011, 1:27 PM
I got it to open in chrome then I couldn't refresh. Now it's logjammed.
Mikfly
Mikfly - 12/8/2011, 1:31 PM
This is very exciting!
Miracleman15
Miracleman15 - 12/8/2011, 1:34 PM
Its Cloverfield 2!!
Steping
Steping - 12/8/2011, 1:35 PM
Looks like the server crashed!
shaneiswayrad
shaneiswayrad - 12/8/2011, 1:36 PM
well played, Nolan.
tron21full
tron21full - 12/8/2011, 1:36 PM
sum up- tocic waste, Dr. Pavil, Connection to bane?, to Ra's?, Milita, Operation Early Bird, Does Lucious Fox has any connections? could he be working for the Milita by force from batman?, and (spoiiler alert)set photos reveled back then that a seires of Tumblers are all over Gothem. Lucious built those, Could the Milita finally be using them? I cliked the site of Early Bird and typed it up, nothing came up, deadend, both ways. I sence another undiscussed/unrevelaed villian. Strange?Riddler? Edward Nigma was part of the viral of the previous movie, i think we could be seeing a viral campain linking to another villain and it's probebly not these transcipts.
batmanrises
batmanrises - 12/8/2011, 1:37 PM
@ Headlopper...go do your thing and let everyone else do theirs.

Operation Early Bird....as in 'The early bird catches the worm.' as in worms being used as bait to catch fish (prey)? Interesting.
tron21full
tron21full - 12/8/2011, 1:40 PM
and it cant be a countdown, a countdown counts down.not up.
Steping
Steping - 12/8/2011, 1:40 PM
headlopper
headlopper - 12/8/2011, 1:43 PM
@batmanrises- Okay, I'll LET you.
tron21full
tron21full - 12/8/2011, 1:44 PM
is it possible that bane is the worm , bait, being USED by the police or whoever then again Bane can also be the bird while batman is the bait.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/8/2011, 1:46 PM
just give us a f*ckin trailer.
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 12/8/2011, 1:51 PM
@Steping- Damn, mine doesn't look like that!
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 12/8/2011, 1:55 PM
Wait, ignore the last comment. It works on Firefox
MarkV
MarkV - 12/8/2011, 1:56 PM
20 hours!!!!! I can't wait 20 minutes, let alone 20 hours. Thats like a whole day, man!
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 12/8/2011, 2:02 PM
Wait, ignore the last comment. It works on Firefox :)
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/8/2011, 2:03 PM
20 hours to the next viral campaign.
j1216
j1216 - 12/8/2011, 2:04 PM
what ever it is i cant wait hope it is a trailer
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 12/8/2011, 2:06 PM
It is a trailer. On the HTML code it says 'wbtheatrical'. Hmm, I wonder what that could mean?
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