ARROW Season 5 Finds Its Big Bad In The Form Of THE WALKING DEAD's Chad L. Coleman

ARROW Season 5 Finds Its Big Bad In The Form Of THE WALKING DEAD's Chad L. Coleman

His Tyrese wasn't quite as badass as his comic book counterpart in The Walking Dead, but Chad L. Coleman now looks set to make up for that in Arrow's fifth season. Find out who he's playing here...

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By JoshWilding - Jun 21, 2016 02:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Arrow
Source: IGN
We recently heard that The CW was looking for a Stringer Bell type to play the big bad in Arrow's fifth season. Well, while the network clearly couldn't afford Idris Elba, IGN has revealed that the still very talented Chad L. Coleman (who also appeared in The Wire) has now been chosen to take on the role of a villain newly created for the show and not from the comics. His name will be Tobias Church. 

Not much is known beyond that as of right now, but the site goes on to mention that he's, "an imposing gangster looking to unite the various criminal enterprises in Star City under his own singular command." It was previously revealed that the crime lord steps up to fill the void left by Damien Darhk and H.I.V.E., while we also know that he'll first appear in the season five premiere.

Coleman is no stranger to comic book adaptations after playing Tyreese in The Walking Dead, and this is the latest in a long line of casting additions to the DC Comics adaptation. What do you think? 
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Kr08
Kr08 - 6/21/2016, 2:36 PM
@JoshWilding Lynda Carter joins Supergirl

http://twitter.com/reallyndacarter/status/745369022300971008
Logan276
Logan276 - 6/21/2016, 2:51 PM
So he's basically playing Brick but not Brick because they [frick]ed that character up...
WinterOstritch
WinterOstritch - 6/21/2016, 2:52 PM
@Logan276 - ding ding ding
WinterOstritch
WinterOstritch - 6/21/2016, 2:52 PM
Cool I guess.
Still not watching except for crossovers and Vixen appearances, but hey, let me know how this season goes with introducing 3 new vigilantes and trying again to create an original villain.
TheArkhamKnight
TheArkhamKnight - 6/21/2016, 2:54 PM
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/21/2016, 2:55 PM
"an imposing gangster looking to unite the various criminal enterprises in Star City under his own singular command."

So.....
thor2273
thor2273 - 6/21/2016, 2:56 PM
Hell yeah Tyreese!

On Arrow
RichardGrayson
RichardGrayson - 6/21/2016, 2:57 PM
This show gets consistently more retarded

The whole point of adapting a comic book is to adapt COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS

WHY should I give a [frick] about this news, this is a made up character. What made this show fun at first was seeing live action versions of characters we already know and love

Cancel this lame shit please
LordDaredevil
LordDaredevil - 6/21/2016, 6:35 PM
@RichardGrayson - You don't have to consistently use comic book villains lol. Harley Quinn literally came from an adaption
crawley
crawley - 6/21/2016, 2:58 PM
PrincessLeather
PrincessLeather - 6/21/2016, 2:58 PM
Welp. It's something, right?
Specialkail1
Specialkail1 - 6/21/2016, 2:59 PM
Why not Tobias Whale?

Also, just watched the wire for the first time over the last couple of weeks. Show was great and I loved seeing this guy again after his departure from TWD.

I know arrow has had a really shit past season or more but, well, for one thing Damian Dark was a dogshit villain. I hope to see something more. It looks like they're trying to really shake things up and there has been enough good stuff in the past for me to at least be hopeful they can do some new things going forward.

Mayne Flashpoint will help.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 6/21/2016, 3:02 PM
@Specialkail1 - Smart man, because that is who l thought of him playing too.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 6/21/2016, 3:01 PM
If they decide to change Tobias Whale from being an albino Chad could be a great version of him.
Specialkail1
Specialkail1 - 6/21/2016, 3:04 PM
@BlackIceJoe - would be the height of irony to change him away from albino
tugboy
tugboy - 6/21/2016, 3:02 PM
Season 1 of "Mayor Ollie" has its antagonist!
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 6/21/2016, 3:02 PM


Fantastic
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 6/21/2016, 3:08 PM
@Kevwebsz - WTF? That is hilarious.
DarthBastard
DarthBastard - 6/21/2016, 3:24 PM
@superbatspiderman - Or even better, he travels to our dimension and kills Guggenheim.
tugboy
tugboy - 6/21/2016, 3:03 PM
Flashpoint could fix everything. Barry could go back in time, kill Felicity's mom before Felicity was born, and the world would be fixed.
DENNISsystem
DENNISsystem - 6/21/2016, 3:08 PM
Looks like Arrow hasn't learned "Moving away from the comics=crap". C'mon! At least attempt to show fans you've learned from your mistakes!
ManDeth
ManDeth - 6/21/2016, 3:09 PM
The weird thing about that is Cisco has mentioned the Walking Dead at least two times. And he's come face to face with two Walking Dead cast members already. Surely he would recognize Chad L. Coleman and then start to piece together that he is part of a TV show.
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