Comic-Con 2012: “The Dark Knight Rises” Bat Signal Search Twitter Contest Caleb Hamilton, July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 We are now officially one week away from the release of The Dark Knight Rises! Warner Bros. is out at the San Diego Comic-Con this week promoting the upcoming release, along with several other films. They’re giving fans a chance to win a special advance screening of The Dark Knight Rises through a scavenger hunt. More after the break!The Bat Signal Search sweepstakes is a contest where SDCC attendees following @BatSignalSearch get to participate in a scavenger hunt for Bat Signals projected on buildings around the San Diego Convention Center. Prizes ranged from limited edition TDKR Mondo posters to a hometown screening of the movie.Beginning at dusk last night, the Bat Signal Search twitter page sent out tweets with info on where the Bat Signals could be found. When attendees found the projected signal, they had to take a picture and tweet it to the Bat Signal Search page. The contest ran for 10 minutes, not very much time to locate the signal. 5 people will win the hometown screening and 50 will win the Mondo poster. Good luck to all of the entrants.The Dark Knight Rises in theaters and IMAX July 20th! And be sure to stick with MovieViral for all of the latest Comic-Con news! Comic-Con Contests Conventions Social Networks Viral Marketing Bat Signal SearchContestsThe Dark Knight RisesTwitterWarner Bros
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