Just yesterday, we just brought you the materials from Warner Bros. Pictures viral marketing campaign for director Christopher Nolan‘s forthcoming Bat-film, The Dark Knight Rises. Late yesterday, the studio unleashed the second part, which held promise of a third part to launch today.

Now, the studio has launched  Operation Early Bird at operationearlybird.com, which now shows a map (see below) where you can click on locations near you and get tickets to an early screening of the six minute IMAX prologue to The Dark Knight Rises. The screenings will be showing on December 13th, which is three days before it will hit theaters preceeding Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in select U.S. IMAX theaters.

So, head on over to operationearlybird.com and pick up your free screening passes for the 13th!

The six minute prologue for The Dark Knight Rises can be seen prior to early release showings of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in select 70mm U.S. IMAX theaters on December 16th, and in select U.K. IMAX theaters on December 21st. For the full list of theaters CLICK HERE.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar winner Christian Bale (The Fighter) again plays the dual role …of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake. Returning to the main cast, Oscar winner Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules) plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) reprises the role of Lucius Fox.

The Dark Knight Rises is slated to hit theaters on July 20th, 2012.