He also recently played Ben Parker, known to Spider-Man fans as Uncle Ben, in the superhero movie Madame Web. Released in 2024, the film was ultimately a critical and commercial failure.

Madame Web is hilarious because it treats the birth of Peter Parker like its the birth of Jesus but the rest of the story is about Jesus’ uncle’s coworker’s very bad day. A Life of Brian ...

And it works because Trammell, serving as head writer, understand how best to use key elements of Spidey’s lore – like the Uncle Ben character ... whatever it is Madame Web was attempting.

“Madame Web tells the story of Cassandra ‘Cassie’ Web, who grew up an orphan after the passing of her mother while researching spiders in the Amazon. Set in 2003 New York, a thirtysomething Cassie is ...