Warner Bros. has released a list of theaters in North America where the six-minute prologue for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises will be shown in conjunction with the debut of Mission: Impossible--Ghost Protocol starting on December 16th.  Only specially equipped IMAX theaters will be hosting the prologue, which will show off the superbly detailed images created by the 70mm IMAX cameras.  Nolan used the IMAX cameras on The Dark Knight and was instantly enthralled by the quality of the images they produced, and the director has used them even more extensively on The Dark Knight Rises.
 
The Dark Knight Rises prologue isn’t the only major trailer debuting on December 16th.  The first trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit will be shown with Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (see “TDKR Prologue With MI4”). 
 
Here’s a complete list of IMAX venues in North America where The Dark Knight Rises prologue will debut on December 16th:
 
  • Austin, TX – IMAX Theater Austin – Austin
  • Boston, MA – Jordan’s IMAX – Natick
  • Boston, MA – IMAX 3D Theatre in Reading – Reading
  • Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Theatre Chinook 16 – Calgary
  • Chantilly, VA/Washington, DC – Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX – Chantilly
  • Chicago, IL – Navy Pier IMAX Theatre – Chicago
  • Des Moines, IA – SCI IMAX Dome Theater – Des Moines
  • Detroit, MI – Henry Ford IMAX – Dearborn
  • Edmonton, AB – Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton – Edmonton
  • Harrisburg, PA – Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts – Harrisburg
  • Houston, TX – Houston Marq*e Stadium 22 + IMAX – Houston
  • Indianapolis – White River IMAX – Indianapolis
  • Los Angeles, CA – Irvine Spectrum 20 + IMAX – Irvine
  • Los Angeles, CA – RAVE 18 + IMAX – Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles, CA – Ontario Palace Stadium 22 + IMAX – Ontario
  • Los Angeles, CA – Citywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX – Universal City
  • Madison, WI – Star 18 Fitchburg with IMAX – Fitchburg
  • Miami, FL – AutoNation IMAX – Fort Lauderdale
  • Minneapolis, MN – Great Clips IMAX – Apple Valley
  • Montreal, QC – Cinema Banque Scotia Montreal – Montreal
  • Nashville,TN – Opry Mills Stadium 20 + IMAX – Nashville
  • New York, NY – Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX – New York
  • New York, NY – Palisades IMAX – West Nyack
  • Omaha, NE – Star Cinema 16 with IMAX – Council Bluffs
  • Orlando, FL – Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 + IMAX – Orlando
  • Ottawa, ON – Silvercity Gloucester + IMAX – Gloucester
  • Palm Springs – Desert IMAX Theatre – Cathedral City
  • Philadelphia, PA – IMAX & the Tropicana – Atlantic City
  • Philadelphia, PA – Tuttleman IMAX–Franklin Institute – Philadelphia
  • Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Mills 25 with IMAX – Tempe
  • Providence, RI – Providence Place 16 with IMAX – Providence
  • Quebec City, QC – IMAX Le Theatre At Quebec – Quebec City
  • Sacramento, CA – Esquire IMAX – Sacramento
  • San Antonio, TX – IMAX at RiverCenter – San Antonio
  • San Francisco, CA – Metreon 16 with IMAX & ETX – San Francisco
  • Seattle, WA – Boeing IMAX–Pacific Science Center – Seattle
  • Tampa, FL – Museum of Science and Industry – Tampa
  • Toronto, ON – Coliseum 12 Mississauga + IMAX – Mississauga
  • Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Theatre Toronto + IMAX – Toronto
  • Toronto, ON – Colossus 18 Woodbridge + IMAX – Woodbridge-Vaughan
  • Vancouver, BC – Colossus Langley + IMAX – Langley
  • Vancouver, BC – Silvercity Riverport 18 + IMAX – Richmond
And here’s a list of UK venues:
  • BFI London – London
  • National Media Museum IMAX – Bradford
  • Glasgow Science Centre IMAX Cinema – Glasgow