Jun 1, 2011 by B. Alan Orange

The Dark Knight Rises the Fire Rises Viral Videos

A new Youtube channel called The Fire Rises have posted three short videos which show fires raging across Gotham City. Anthony Michael Hall appears in the final short clip as the news anchor Engel, who was originally featured in The Dark Knight. This third clip also leads to a Facebook Page containing an image of Matthew Modine as Nixon, who is believed to be one of Batman's many enemies this time around. Is this viral marketing for The Dark Knight Rises? Or are fans making free commercials for Warner Bros.? Check out the videos and image below, then decide for yourself.


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The Dark Knight Rises comes to theaters July 20th, 2012 and stars Liam Neeson, Tom Hardy, Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Aidan Gillen, Marion Cotillard. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.


Sources: Movie Viral

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Comments (46)

  1. Ben Solis

    These are fake. The user's YouTube channel has been deleted. Can't have a hack ruining Warner's good-viral-marketing name. Plus, at the end of this month, a marketing campaign should start to take flight. But don't expect a full campaign until around Christmas. But you didn't hear that from me. ;D

    12 months agoby @Ben-SolisFlag

  2. bungalow359

    I think this is real and here's why. First video if you look at the fire footage there are big buildings in the mid ground and the building in the background which is on fire looks like a skyscraper (an entire skyscraper on fire that would have been all over the news) footage must have been done with a state of the art effects package. second video shows the same freeway/subway used in the dark knight.

    12 months agoby @bungalow359Flag

  3. Devon Zdatny

    I'm very confident that these videos are fake. Check out the evidence here: http://bit.ly/lRubFt

    12 months agoby @Devon-ZdatnyFlag

  4. Cheetoboy

    I bet it was Bane who broke out of Arkham Asylum.

    12 months agoby @cheetoboyFlag

  5. Mike Mills

    Uhhhh....yeah, O.K. Why did I just watch this??? The "leaked" photo of Heath Ledger as the Joker was waaaay more effective...this just looked like a clip from an old KMFDM video or some s#it.

    12 months agoby @Mike-MillsFlag

  6. Dylan Giampaolo

    Nixon?!?!?! WTF?!?!

    12 months agoby @dylan-giampaoloFlag

  7. felipe-11

    Very interesting, looks real to me too.

    12 months agoby @felipe-11Flag

  8. Salem6777

    epic

    12 months agoby @Salem6777Flag

  9. skywise

    Going to be awesome!

    12 months agoby @skywiseFlag

  10. Jay.A.Ottley

    meh this is the beginning of TDKR

    12 months agoby @jayaottleyFlag

  11. Superman81

    This movie is going to be so bad ass!! I only wish Ledger had lived so we could see the Joker again.

    12 months agoby @superman81Flag

  12. The Narrator: The Better Man

    The viral marketing from the last film was amazingly well done. If these clips are of any indication of what this films marketing campaign will look like, and if authentic, it seems as though sh*t will just get crazier.

    One things true: this definitely seems to be taking a more personal tone once more, which is a good thing. Here's to a. hopefully, amazing film experience.

    12 months agoby @narratorFlag

  13. Nautical

    i dig.

    12 months agoby @nautical05Flag

  14. Lord McLovin of MovieWeb

    Seems real to me. Loving this!

    12 months agoby @ghostmanFlag

  15. mosorwvlad

    I think this was the teaser trailers for the end of the world that we just missed !

    12 months agoby @mosorwvladFlag

  16. Pjwolsker

    what the f*ck???

    12 months agoby @pjwolskerFlag

  17. Troy De'Jzohn Mangram

    real or fake...don't care..these are awesome.

    12 months agoby @Troy-DeJzohn-MangramFlag

  18. TheDude1

    To me these are fake. Especially since Batman-News.com has not run this story yet.

    12 months agoby @thedude1Flag

  19. JOSE_CTM

    All Three Vids Have The Same Chanting That Sounds Like A Darker Version Of The Chanting That Was Featured In Land Of The Lost..............CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS FILM!!!!!!!!!

    12 months agoby @jose-ctmFlag

  20. ejk1

    It sounds like "Si, si, matalo, matalo!" which of course means "Yes, yes, kill him, kill him."

    12 months agoby @ejk1Flag

  21. TRUVISION82

    You guys know these videos are what they show on like Bruce Wayne's Tv...Its the stuff you don't really pay attention to while watching the actual movie.

    12 months agoby @truvision82Flag

  22. Aaron Ray

    can this guy get his head out his ass? Its obviously fake. It has gotdamn fan pic as its profile logo. The image is horrible photoshoped and the info is just sorry. Please don't give this fake anymore publicity

    12 months agoby @Aaron-RayFlag

  23. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    Nolan knows how to sell his stuff

    12 months agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  24. Curran

    The chanting says, 'This Fire, This Fire, This This Fire, This Fire, Rises.

    12 months agoby @leonatoFlag

  25. ChristinaM15

    Apparently it's been confirmed fake somewhere. Where? Not sure yet.

    12 months agoby @christina-montanaFlag

  26. Bane5000

    @thedarkknight23...Either the League of Shadows chanting " Bane matalo "...or after he redeems himself, its the citizens of Gotham cheering him on chanting " He's Batman "...who knows, lets see what else people think theyre chanting buddy :]

    12 months agoby @bane5000Flag

  27. thrashnasty190

    Pure awesomeness.

    12 months agoby @thrashnasty190Flag

  28. The Dark Knight

    I hear the chanting as "He's batman" or "something batman"

    12 months agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  29. Bane5000

    @zanyzap...LOL thats funny cuz i was picturing the scene in the Matrix when i was writing that :P, unless Bats goes to that fort in india that they showed was the training grounds for the League, goes to confront Bane and they fight in the courtyard with everyone chanting and watching, idk, i just know its gotta have some significance to the movie and wonder how Nolan will include it

    12 months agoby @bane5000Flag

  30. ZanyZap

    @bane5000: Maybe, but I'm betting that it happens during or shortly after the Arkham breakout, with the inmates doing the chanting, if it happens at all. Your idea sounds a bit hokey, too much cheese, Matrix Revolution crap; if anyone can pull that off though, it's Nolan.

    12 months agoby @zanyzapFlag

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