Spider-Man 4 has started casting… sort of. Michael Papajohn is on board! Please, hold your applause.

So who is Michael Papajohn and does he have any connection with the pizza franchise? Pizza: not as far as we know. Instead he’s the guy who killed Uncle Ben and was subsequently (albeit accidentally) killed by Spider-Man in the first film. Superhero Hype has learned that he’ll be back, though in what capacity he’s not saying.

It’s not as if he needs to say. I think it’s pretty obvious. Whatever they’re doing for the fourth movie it’ll probably involve some sort of new flashback which they’ll need him for. Not exactly significant news but at least we know that Peter Parker is still all hung up on the past.