- Con ▁International . ▁At ▁the ▁panel ▁they ▁premier ed ▁a ▁four - min ute ▁tra iler , ▁which ▁was ▁not ▁public ly ▁released ▁but ▁eventually ▁le aked ▁on ▁the ▁internet . ▁Vir al ▁market ing ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁included ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Daily ▁Bug le ▁on ▁the ▁blog ging ▁service ▁T um bl r , ▁which ▁included ▁references ▁to ▁Kate ▁C ushing , ▁Det ect ive ▁Stan ▁Carter , ▁the ▁" Big ▁Man ", ▁Iz zy ▁Bun sen , ▁Joy ▁Mer c ado , ▁Donald ▁Men ken , ▁the ▁V ulture , ▁H ydro - Man , ▁Sp encer ▁S my the , ▁Ned ▁Le eds , ▁Anne ▁W ey ing , ▁J . ▁Jon ah ▁James on , ▁Sho cker , ▁Al ist air ▁S my the , ▁Doctor ▁Oct opus , ▁Edd ie ▁Bro ck , ▁The ▁En for cers , ▁and ▁P uma . ▁Marc ▁Web b ▁posted ▁a ▁photo ▁on ▁Twitter ▁with ▁a ▁message ▁written ▁in ▁D war ven ▁language ▁reve aling ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁tra iler ▁would ▁debut ▁prior ▁to ▁ 3 D ▁screen ings ▁of ▁The ▁Hob bit : ▁The ▁Des olation ▁of ▁Sm aug . ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁new ▁foot age ▁from ▁the ▁film ▁would ▁be ▁presented ▁during ▁New ▁Year ' s ▁E ve ▁festiv ities ▁at ▁New ▁York ▁City ' s ▁Times ▁Square . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁further ▁promoted ▁during ▁the ▁World ▁W ide ▁Fund ▁for ▁Nature ▁( W WF