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Life on the Road

Ricky Gervais has released a new photo from "Life on the Road," a film that continues the adventures of his character of the aggressively awkward David Brent in BBC's original "The Office". The feature-length mockumentary follows Brent who is now a travelling salesman and is now attempting to get his old band, Foregone Conclusion, back together. [Source: Twitter]

Fuller House

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen famously won't be a part of Netflix's "Fuller House" series continuation, and now it has been revealed that the Michelle Tanner character's absence will be explained away by them now living in New York City and working on building a fashion empire. The thirteen-episode series includes the rest of the cast and will debut on the streaming service next year. [Source: Variety]

Untitled Thrilla In Manilla Project

Studio 8 has secured the rights to Ang Lee's untitled boxing film about the classic 1970s Thrilla in Manilla heavyweight...

This Marvel fan’s dream features Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, Digital Copy of each Phase 2 film,

specially designed disc holders, and exclusive Marvel memorabilia!

Synopsis: The limited edition, 13-Disc Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection invites you to hold the greatest power in the cosmos in your grasp – an orb containing one of the legendary Infinity Stones! Plus Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ and Digital Copies of all Phase 2 films, in collectible packaging designed by artist Matt Ferguson. This set overflows with stunning Marvel memorabilia, including a gold-foiled page from the book of Dark Elves, an ancient drawing from the Morag vault, Avengers and S.T.R.I.K.E. uniform patches, a replica of the Tony Stark Tattoo from Marvel’s Iron Man 3, and much more!

Content: Marvel’s Iron Man 3 (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)

Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)

Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier...

Artist Matt Ferguson has created a great series of art for the film of Marvel Phase 2. These were created for the upcoming Blu-ray box set that includes Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Ant-Man.

Ferguson is a very talented artist with an incredibly fun style. We've posted a lot of art of his over the years that you can check out here. I'm sure the fans will like what he's created for this new movie box set.

The limited edition, 13-Disc Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection invites you to hold the greatest power in the cosmos in your grasp – an orb containing one of the legendary Infinity Stones! Plus Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ and Digital Copies of all Phase 2 films, in collectible packaging designed by artist Matt Ferguson. This set overflows with stunning Marvel memorabilia,...

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced that Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection will be a 13-disc Amazon exclusive.

Synopsis:

The limited edition, 13-Disc Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection invites you to hold the greatest power in the cosmos in your grasp – an orb containing one of the legendary Infinity Stones! Plus Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™ and Digital Copies of all Phase 2 films, in collectible packaging designed by artist Matt Ferguson. This set overflows with stunning Marvel memorabilia, including a gold-foiled page from the book of Dark Elves, an ancient drawing from the Morag vault, Avengers and S.T.R.I.K.E. uniform patches, a replica of the Tony Stark Tattoo from Marvel’s Iron Man 3, and much more!

Content: Marvel’s Iron Man 3 (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)

Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)

Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier...

"Iron Man 3" Spoilers Ahead

So just who is The Mandarin?

As we saw in "Iron Man 3," Ben Kingsley played Trevor Slattery, a failed British actor who was pretending to be The Mandarin - the most dangerous terrorist in the world and the leader of the mysterious Ten Rings organisation.

While Slattery's take on the Mandarin was an apparent smoke screen thought up by Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), the Ten Rings is a real group in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the subsequent short film "Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King," we see an incarcerated Trevor Slattery broken out of jail by a minion of the 'real' The Mandarin.

So who is the real Mandarin? Out doing promotion for "The Boxtrolls," Ben Kingsley teased to IGN that he might know. In fact it might be him after all:

"Has the Mandarin invented Trevor, or has Trevor invented the Mandarin?...

Now that filming for The Avengers: Age of Ultron is in full swing across the globe, Marvel Studios is gearing up for production next month on its "Phase Three" launcher, Ant-Man, in Atlanta, Georgia. According to the ever-reliable Deadline, the latest name attached to the Edgar Wright-directed adaptation is Matt Gerald. Best known for his roles in Avatar, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and Showtime's Dexter, the actor will apparently play "one of the bad guys," but his character may be already established in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Matt Gerald played 'White Power Dave' opposite Sir Ben Kingsley in the Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King, which featured on Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray. However, the casting report fails to acknowledge Gerald's minor role in the short film. Therefore, it is unknown if he will play the same character in Ant-Man. Anyhow, Matt Gerald joins an ever-growing cast that so far includes Paul Rudd,...

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail The King is a short film following the character of Trevor Slattery also known as The Mandarin, (played by Ben Kingsley) after the credits rolled on Iron Man 3. This short film is available on the Thor: The Dark World 3D Combo Pack and Blu-ray discs that hit the streets yesterday, February 25th.

Featurette: All Hail the King – Marvel One Shot

Thor: The Dark World featuring the short film Marvel One-Shot: All Hail The King is available on Digital 3D and Digital HD, and on 3D Combo Pack and Blu-ray discs as of February 25th.

Here’s the Amazon link:

See larger image Thor: The Dark World (2-Disc 3D Blu-ray + Blu-ray + Digital HD) (Blu-ray) Director: Alan Taylor

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston

Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Worlds collide when a powerful ancient enemy threatens to plunge the cosmos into eternal darkness. Experience this...

(Cbr) Fans and members of the press entered the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood for a special screening of Marvel Studios' newest One-Shot short, "All Hail The King," in advance of its official release as an extra on the "Thor: The Dark World" Blu-ray and DVD.   The evening's event kicked off immediately with the short film, written and directed by "Iron Man 3" scribe Drew Pearce and starring Sir Ben Kingsley. For 15 minutes, viewers get a glimpse into the life of fake Mandarin, Trevor Slattery (Kingsley), after the events of the third "Iron Man" film. In lock up at a high security prison due to his part in the Aldrich Killian/Mandarin plot, the story unfolds as a documentarian with access to Trevor attempts to dig deeper into the apparently shallow actor, digging up footage of Trevor's first big acting break on a CBS '80s TV show called "Caged Heat...

Scheduled to be officially released with the Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray & DVD Combo pack, All Hail the King continues the tradition of Marvel Studios' one-shot short films that includes Item 47 and Agent Carter. As fans of Marvel's Iron Man 3 well know, Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley) loves a spotlight...and in Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King, he'll get his biggest one yet! Written and directed by Drew Pearce, who co-wrote Iron Man 3, the 14-minute long short film finds Trevor in prison following the events of Tony Stark's latest adventure as the former actor relates the story of his life to a documentary filmmaker, played by Scoot McNairy (Argo). Marvel Studios has now released a new art house styled poster for the short film that will be distributed to attendees of a special...

After penning superhero comedy No Heroics, Brit screenwriter Drew Pearce found himself brought into the Marvel movie family to pen an adaptation of The Runaways and work with Shane Black on crafting Iron Man 3.

His ingenious take on the comic's supervillain The Mandarin (played by Sir Ben Kingsley as drunken jobbing actor Trevor Slattery) set tongues wagging, and the character will return in Marvel One-Shot All Hail the King, available on the Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray and DVD.

Digital Spy spoke to Pearce to find out the secrets to writing a good comic book film.

Do your research...

"I read every single Iron Man comic I could possibly get my hands on before Iron Man 3. One of the great things about Marvel is that they have pretty much everything, 50-60 years of comics digitised. My iPad was fit to bursting with certainly every classic one. I can't...

With the release of Thor: The Dark World on DVD and Blu-ray just a few weeks away, Marvel have started releasing various clips and featurette excerpts from the highly anticipated release.

Below, you’ll find a featurette about casting Tom Hiddleston as Loki (containing his full screen test for the role of Thor), a deleted scene in which Freya (Rene Russo) explains to Thor why Loki, an adopted child, has her powers, and a preview of the rather hilarious gag reel.

Of course, the home release features even more than all of this, including the Marvel One-Shot: All Hail The King, starring Sir Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery/The Mandarin.

Thor: The Dark World is released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D in the UK and 24th February and the Us on February 25th.

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The Thor: The Dark World DVD and Blu-ray will feature the short film Marvel One-Shot: All Hail The King. It’s a continuation of Iron Man 3′s story of The Mandarin. What did happen to Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley) after the credits started rolling?

Clip: Marvel One-Shot: All Hail The King

Thor: The Dark World featuring the short film Marvel One-Shot: All Hail The King will be available on Digital 3D and Digital HD release February 4, and on 3D Combo Pack and Blu-ray discs on February 25th.

  Marvel One Shot All Hail The King Images Revisits The Mandarin. Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014) Short Film, written and directed by Drew Pearce and starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Scoot McNairy, will serve as an update on Trevor Slattery: the actor (portrayed by Ben Kingsley) hired to [...]

Continue reading: Marvel One-shot: All Hail The King (2014) Short Film Images...

A lot of comic book fans were far from pleased by Marvel Studios’ decision to turn The Mandarin into a dim-witted impersonator being used by A.I.M. as the face of terrorist organisation, The Ten Rings, in Iron Man 3. However, few had many issues with Sir Ben Kingsley’s hilarious performance, and he will be returning to the role of Trevor Slattery in a 14-minute Marvel One-Shot which will be included on the Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray later this year.

According to EW, “All Hail The King” serves as an epilogue to Iron Man 3 and perhaps even a prelude to a fourth instalment of the franchise. The short picks up with Trevor in a maximum security prison (Seagate prison; the same location in which Luke Cage gained his powers in the comics) where he is enjoying his newfound infamy. As it turns out, The Ten Rings...

Trevor Slattery is back in the Marvel One-Shot: All Hail The King, which stars Sir Ben Kingsley (as well as Argo's Scoot McNairy as a documentary filmmaker) as the controversial "villain." Iron Man 3 screenwriter Drew Pearce sat down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss the 14-minute short, including how they decided to focus on Kingsley's Iron Man 3 character and just what that means for future Marvel films. Pearce on why they chose to bring back such...