My thoughts exactly. Wonder has quoted a couple of news website (I think) but here is some stuff that you have to find out for yourself. Granted some of this comes off a youtube video.
As you will know, the adverts have been playing on TV's for a few weeks now and this is what I have deduced from it...
BEFORE YOU READ ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, BE WARNED: IT CONTAINS SPOILERS
In the background of the advert is a billboard with "UnitedManchester"(.com) written on it backwards. If you go to
www.retsehcnamdetinu.com it looks like the Manchester untied website except inverted. Clicking anywhere on the page will take you to
http://derrenbrown.channel4.com. The crest in the top left hand corner of the page has the inscription "hic locus verus non est". This is latin for "this place is not true." All of the text on the page is backwards but when read forwards it reads as follows:
"Ian Ducee discusses is undergoing extensive drug testing after he froze on the pitch in last night's match. Early reports state tht he felt "stuck to the spot" as though hypnotised after glancing at the big screen."
"Wren Ordbern talks to us about misdirection as the key to his goal-scoring success. "It's all about making them look the other way" he tells retsehcnamdetinu.com"
"Sponsors accused of using subliminal messaging in their advertising. More."
"New boy on the backwards scene Brown is just "magic". More."
"Claim that reverse football website is just a front for getting people to go to the Derren Brown The Event website. More"
"Interested in playing backwards football? Click here to locate your nearest club."
"5 steps to mastering the "Illusion" technique used by top players to slip the ball past the defence. Click here."
"Backwards merchandise and tickets to the 09/09/09 game are available from our shop. click here"
Also in the background of the advert is
www.stucktomysofa.com written on the bus shelter. If you go to THIS website you will be greeted by what is apparently an ordinary pizza website, but on closer inspection it is not. Reading the text on the right hand side you find the sentence "stucktomysofa.com is a pizza company with a difference, it doesn't exist". Also the pizzas on the page are 'pizza illusione' and 'pizza mesmera' and at the bottom is the meal deal "order two large pizzas and get a free bottle of Gioco di Mente from the Marrone family vineyard" Gioco di Mente is Italian for 'mind games'. Looking closer still at that website you will notice that the red background is comprised entirely of Derren Brown's face. Again, clicking anywhere on this page will take you to
http://derrenbrown.channel4.com. I won't type out all of the text on this one because I'm sure most of you are capable of reading regular writing. I would reccomend reading it if you are interested though.
Also on the advert are many small things that are likely to bear some subtle significance to the shows. For example when the advert is played as it originally was aired (so backwards) a man runs by and shouts "taxi!". This man has a large white circle on the back of his jacket. When Derren stops by the little girl on the island and looks pointedly at her, he says 'which can make even the most secure systems vulnerable'. The girl has a balloon which floats down into her hand, and the balloon has a bird on. Possibly an eagle. This looks rather like the Barclays symbol and also like the Polish one, so God only knows what that means. Obviously a 'secure system' could well be referring to a bank, but it is debateable whether he will be robbing a bank or something along those lines, because incase you hadn't noticed it is illegal and also he did something similar in the Heist. Something else that is odd, is that as he is about to step off the 'island' in the middle of the road, there is a small cut in the footage. You can tell if you watch his facial expresion carefully. It is as a car goes past. Also as he steps past the last line of cars towards the island, there is a shadow or a puddle just infront the little girl which visibly shrinks and vanishes as he walks.
On the lamppost he passes there are 5 stickers with numbers on. These appear to be 4, 25, 0, 6, and 47. Arguably these could be related to the bus that goes past with the red thumbs up symbol and bearing the slogan 'it will be you'. This is extremely similar to the lotto slogan 'it could be you', and the similarity between the red thumbs up and the lotto symbol suggest that something there may be related. If this is the case then it seems likely that the five numbers are five lottery numbers and that perhaps the circle on the man's back is suggesting something about the last number. Maybe it has something to do with a taxi.
There are quite a few references to newspapers with three people in the background reading them and the paper guy on the bike who tells him to get off the road (backwards). The truck at the end has 'red and black' on it and it seems that most things in the advert are red or black. Almost everyone is wearing black and all the adverts and things are red: the girls balloon included. The most noteable things that are red and black in life are (ofcourse) a deck of cards or a roulette wheel (to my mind). Derren Brown has mentioned before that he has a system for roulette wheels so perhaps there will be something about that. Ofcourse the numbers on the lamp post could refer to that too.
Has anyone else noticed that it's going to be at 9 o clock on the ninth of the ninth of the ninth?
If lotto has anything to do with it then I would guess that the number 9 comes into it somewhere, because he's just like that. You'll know what I mean iuf you've seen ENIGMA.
This is what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:
The Events
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The Events are forthcoming Derren Brown television specials that will air on Channel 4. Filmed for in front of a live studio audience, this new series (due to be shown on 11th September 2009 from 9:00) is made up of four one hour specials, during which Derren will attempt what he has described as "some of the most incredible feats to date". The show will consist of a mixture of pre-recorded location pieces connected by theatre-based segments, with each of the four one-hour programmes building up to a major stunt performance.
The first teasers broadcast were very unusual with Brown speaking in reverse but walking forwards with events around him happening forwards. Seemingly cryptic messages were also hidden in the advert such as links to a "Manchester United" website. The advert was later played forwards (although now with Brown moving in reverse), and revealed the premise of the shows. Derren explains that in his new series he will be reavealing the "inner workings" of his tricks and "showing you how to get away with it". Brown also mentions misdirection - an area of illusionism once performed by the likes of Houdini.
It has been suggested that the skateboarder could be coops but I see no reason why it should be. There are two ladies and one car that are going in the opposite direction to everyone else.
It seems probable to me that there will be something about getting past the defences of some reputably secure system. Granted this could be a bank because I can think of nothing more secure off the top of my head.
Clearly the stucktomysofa.com, heavily implies that he will be sticking people down.
I fully expect some of this (possibly a lot) to be complete bullsh!t. Red herrings. Misdirection.
And yes, I am the biggest geek ever.
EDIT: for anyone who's confused I think it will be aired on the ninth in Britain and the 11th in the US