Sony Pictures was quick to shoot down a rumor last month about an Amazing Spider-Man spinoff focusing on a young Aunt May, but how might studio executives react to a film exploring the untold story of Ben Parker?

"Uncle Ben: The Movie" isn't a prequel, however; it's more of a two-and-a-half-hour companion piece from Make 'Em Laugh Films, checking in on the family patriarch as he rests in peace. The real test of course is how much you actually watch ...

(via ComicBook.com)