Uncle Ben Returns for Amazing Spider-Man Sequel

Uncle Ben's purpose has been, and will always be, to die. Beyond that, what else do you do with him?

Appearing on Irish Broadcaster RTÉ's The Late Late Show (via Coming Soon), Martin Sheen has confirmed he will return for the untitled Amazing Spider-Man sequel:

"Well they called me back, I don't know what the part's going to be but I'm going to be Uncle Ben once again in Spider-Man next year. We shoot in February."

Nothing unusual or what we haven't seen before. Cliff Robertson reprised his Uncle Ben duties for a dream sequence in Spider-Man 2 and that "Sandman really killed Ben" ret-con crap in Spider-Man 3.

Only reason for Sheen's return, I imagine, is more flashbacks to resolve the lingering plot thread of Peter Parker's missing, presumed dead, parents. That makes sense, right?

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[Lou aka OldDarth]

Yep. Total.