Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

"Look at this guy. What is so special about him? I mean, I had an army of robots. What's he got? He's got some dumb accent. His name's Trevor. What is that? It's like if Bin Laden and Benny Hill had a baby."

―Justin Hammer

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

Credits
Title:	Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Director:	Drew Pearce
Writers:	Drew Pearce
Producers:	Kevin Feige; Victoria Alonso; Louis D'Esposito; Alan Fine; Mitch Bell; Brad Winderbaum; Stephen Broussard; Lars P. Winther
Composer:	Brian Tyler
Cinematography:	Michael Bonvillain
Editors:	Dan Lebental
Production
Distributed by:	Marvel Studios
Released:	February 4th, 2014
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	14 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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"All Hail the King" is an American film short of the dramedy genre with tie-ins with the superhero fantasy genre. It is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is the fifth release in the "Marvel One-Shot" series of film shorts. It was written and directed by Drew Pearce and was first presented as a bonus feature on the Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray. The events of the short present the aftermath to events from Iron Man 3.

Synopsis[]

Trevor Slattery - a drug-addicted failed stage actor has been incarcerated at Seagate Prison for the role he played in imitating an international terrorist known as the Mandarin. Due to the worldwide coverage of the "Mandarin's" various televised threats, Slattery has become something of a celebrity in prison. His best friend and "butler" is large black man named Herman, who is fiercely loyal to Slattery and provides him with every creature comfort - even choccy milk.

During lunch time in the East Wing cafeteria, Trevor accidentally bumps into a much bigger inmate named White Power Dave, spilling the contents of his tray all over him. Dave is disgruntled that Trevor ruined his jumper and suggests that maybe he should dispense the brand of justice that the general public has been crying for with regards to Trevor. Slattery stammers in Dave's presence for a bit, until Herman, and the rest of Trevor's "fan base" stand up to throw their support behind the small British man. At this point, Trevor puts his courage to the sticking place and tells Dave, "Kiss my ring, bitch". Not wishing to get into a brawl with the entire entourage, Dave backs down.

Afterward, one of Trevor's fans, Fletcher Heggs asks Slattery to do "the voice". Trevor balks at first, then quickly relents. He dons a pair of sunglasses and speaks the line that he once issued to President Matthew Ellis on public television, "...and you'll never see me coming". Trevor's fans cheer and applaud with glee.

By 3:00 pm, Trevor Slattery has a meeting with a documentarian named Jackson Norriss. Jackson states that he is conducting what may very well be the last interview with the infamous criminal. They meet in a rather spacious and well-decorated living area and Jackson sets up his camera tripod. They briefly talk about Trevor's recent history as a hireling of Aldrich Killian. Jackson also takes Trevor on a stroll down memory lane and presents him with a photograph of when he was a child with his mother from 1964. He also shows him an archival reel of Trevor's rejected television pilot for CBS called Caged Heat.

Jackson takes on a more serious tone and begins speaking about the legend of the man he has impersonated - the Mandarin. It soon becomes clear that Jackson is not just a documentarian. In fact, he is an agent of the true Mandarin's criminal empire, the Ten Rings, and notes that his employer does not take kindly to Trevor stealing his name.

Jackson withdraws a handgun, which he kept concealed in his camera, and shoots the three attending prison guards. Trevor's ally, Herman, charges at Jackson, but the assassin uses a tripod leg as a truncheon and beats Herman down. He then stabs him in the throat killing him. During this melee, Trevor manages to get a hold of Jackson's gun, but Norriss easily disarms him. He tells him that he is not here to kill him, but rather to break him out. Trevor notes the sound of helicopters outside the prison walls. Jackson is going to bring Slattery back to his master so that he may answer for his offenses.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Ben Kingsley	Trevor Slattery
Scoot McNairy	Jackson Norriss
Lester Speight	Herman
Sam Rockwell	Justin Hammer
Matt Gerald	White Power Dave
Allen Maldonado	Fletcher Heggs
Jose Abril	Inmate prisoner
Billy Choi	Asian prisoner
Marcus Natividad	Asian prisoner
Cuete Yeska	Prison inmate
Crystal the Capuchin	Bar monkey

Appearances[]

Main characters[]

Trevor Slattery

Supporting characters[]

Antagonists[]

Jackson Norris
White Power Dave
Xu Wenwu (Behind the scenes only)

Minor characters[]

Bar monkey (On a video screen)
Justin Hammer
Justin Hammer's lover
Mrs. Slattery (In a photograph only)
Pepper Potts (In a photograph only)

Referenced characters[]

Organizations[]

KGB (On a video screen)
SWAT

Locations[]

England (In a photograph only)

Liverpool (In a photograph only)

Royal Court Theatre (In a photograph only)

Georgia

Seagate Prison

Races & Animals[]

Humans
Monkeys (On a video screen)

Capuchin monkeys

Items[]

Handgun

Vehicles[]

Automobile (On a video screen)
Boat (On a video screen)
Helicopters (Rotors heard outside)

Miscellaneous[]

Notes & Trivia[]

This film short is part of Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
"All Hail the King" redirects to this page.
Actor Joey Abril is credited as Jose Abril in this film short.
Crystal the Monkey is credited as Crystal the Capuchin in this film short.
Trevor Slattery is a character who is unique to the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has no direct counterpart in the mainstream Marvel Universe.
This short alludes to the notion that there is an actual "Mandarin" out there, who is the leader of the Ten Rings. This will ultimately be revealed to be Xu Wenwu in the 2021 feature film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Trevor Slattery appears next in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Justin Hammer appeared last in Iron Man 2 in 2010.
The bar monkey that appears in this film is portrayed by Crystal the Capuchin.
The character of Jackson Norriss is based on Jack Norriss, who is a character from the mainstream Marvel Universe. He is a supporting character featured in The Defenders, and is the ex-husband of Barbara Norriss, aka the Valkyrie. Jack Norriss first appeared in Incredidlbe Hulk #126 in April, 1970.
Seagate Prison is a location featured in the comics and first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 in June, 1972. This is where the character of Carl Lucas was serving time before volunteering for the experiment that gave him superhuman strength and diamond-hard skin. Seagate Prison features prominently in episodes from seasons 1 and 2 of Marvel's Luke Cage on Netflix.
This is not the last time that actor Jose Abril will be involved in a Marvel Cinematic Universe project. In 2017, he play a "Little Creeper" in the "Reunion" episode of Runaways.
Pepper Potts appears on the cover of a copy of Forbes Magazine, which is read by Justin Hammer.
Reference is made to Tony Stark in this film short. In addition to baiting Trevor Slattery into coming after him in Iron Man 3, he also proved to be a thorn in the side of Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2, which is what ultimately led to Hammer being incarcerated at Seagate Prison.
Trevor Slattery is wearing a different prison jumper than the rest of the inmates at Seagate Prison, implying that he was transferred there from another facility. He was most likely incarcerated at a prison in California prior to coming to Seagate as California is the only state whose inmates wear orange jumpers.
Trevor Slattery has a tattoo of Captain America's shield on the back of his neck. In place of the star however, is the "A" symbol for anarchy.
Crystal, the Capuchin monkey that appears in this short, is the same monkey that appears in the Night of the Museum film series. Actor Ben Kingsley also appeared in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.