RUMOR: Gary Sinise In Talks To Play 'General Eiling' In SUICIDE SQUAD

RUMOR: Gary Sinise In Talks To Play 'General Eiling' In SUICIDE SQUAD

Latino Review's El Mayimbe has been teasing a scoop since last night, and -- though he stresses this may still fall through -- has now revealed that Gary Sinise (The Stand, Forest Gump) has had discussions about playing General Wade Eiling in WB's Suicide Squad.

By MarkCassidy - Jan 22, 2015 12:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Suicide Squad
Source: Latino Review

As Warner Bros. and director David Ayer's search continues to replace Tom Hardy in the Rick Flagg role, we have some news on who might be playing a different character in Suicide Squad: General Wade Eiling. We need to take this one with an extra grain of salt as Mayimbe himself is quick to point out that it's subject to change, but the Latino Review scooper reckons Gary Sinise is currently in talks for the role. General Eiling (or simply "The General") was originally a villain of The Atom, but has gone on to be a thorn in the side of a number of DC superheroes, posing a physical threat when he transforms into a hulking monster after taking the "Captain Nazi" serum. He's appeared in various media over the years, most recently being played by Clancy Brown on the CW's The Flash.


Like he says, don't put too much stock in this for now, but we can probably at least take it as confirmation that the character will appear in the movie in some capacity. Do you think Sinise would be a good fit for the General? Sound off below.
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MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 1/22/2015, 11:55 AM
Lieutenant DANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 1/22/2015, 11:56 AM
LT Dan got a promotion.
TheDarkPassenger
TheDarkPassenger - 1/22/2015, 11:56 AM
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 1/22/2015, 11:56 AM
El Maybe is back at it again!
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 1/22/2015, 11:57 AM
LMAO! All these LT. Dan jokes are going to be freaking hilarious!
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 1/22/2015, 11:58 AM
hahha I see what you did there blackandyellow
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 1/22/2015, 11:58 AM
Pretty good actor! I'm down with this casting
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 1/22/2015, 11:58 AM
YOU TOOK MY ARTICLE SO YOU COULD DO YOUR OWN??????? GOD DAMMIT
Minty
Minty - 1/22/2015, 11:59 AM
Lol anyone seen elmayimbe's rant on Superhero Feed? He's got a point though - why don't they add their source?

I love the character of Eiling. Classic Squad villain.

Oh, and did someone say Gary Sinise?

HawkeyeFangirl
HawkeyeFangirl - 1/22/2015, 12:00 PM
You had my interest, DC, now you have my attention. Gary Sinise is a [frick]ing animal. He can do great stuff. Best actor in The Stand, wonderful in The Green Mile and Forrest Gump. That's one eh maybe scoop I hope might come true.
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/22/2015, 12:01 PM
Majority of the people on this site are so spoiled; they can't even appreciate small sites/film journalists like elmayiambe, devin faraci, schmoes knows, etc breaking potential comic book/geek culture scoops. All they see are "*insert company* denies" and a wrong rumor and immediately discredit them.

Anyways, Sinise is nice. It would be great to see him NOT do a CBS show.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 1/22/2015, 12:02 PM
Good Choice.....now what about the Oscar nominated actor has been chosen for Deathstroke in SS......
Minty
Minty - 1/22/2015, 12:04 PM
@Reasonnnn - Never been a big Faraci fan, simply cause I find him a bit arrogant. He and El Mayimbe do some great work though. The Schmoes are by far my favourite - great bunch, always in touch with their community, great podcast too. Love those guys!
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 1/22/2015, 12:04 PM
Magic legs!
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 1/22/2015, 12:06 PM
@brain

Are they saying they know who the actor is for DeathStroke???
driver
driver - 1/22/2015, 12:06 PM
He probably got his legs in S.T.A.R labs.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 1/22/2015, 12:07 PM
@Joe

I got it wrong....


Umberto Gonzalez ‏@elmayimbe

When I got tipped off to Gary Sinise, like many of you I thought DEATHSTROKE. But no. GENERAL EILING is what is circulating in breakdown.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 1/22/2015, 12:07 PM
GODDAMNIT!!! I HATE YOU LATINO REVIEW!!!

You has to do a scoop about the casting of one of my favorite actors in a CBM.

If somehow true, Suicide Squad is the film of 2016.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 1/22/2015, 12:08 PM
*had to do
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/22/2015, 12:08 PM
Latino review....lies
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 1/22/2015, 12:09 PM
Isn't Sinise "all about" the army? Kinda surprised he'd take on the role of army douchebag.
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/22/2015, 12:09 PM
@minty Yeah, Faraci comes off as very arrogant a lot but I actually like his reviews and whenever he's on a podcast, especially his new one with Amy Nicholson.
MyNameIsKhan
MyNameIsKhan - 1/22/2015, 12:11 PM
Be nice to hear some SPider Man news
Danbojohnj
Danbojohnj - 1/22/2015, 12:11 PM
*Rolls over, emits colossal fart*
Can't get excited about this film so far.
Hope I'm wrong, scincearly.
Minty
Minty - 1/22/2015, 12:12 PM
Lol! @TheAmbassador - Dw. Tell him it happens to the best of us ;)

@Reasonnnn - Yeah he does some great work, and his site is cool. Haven't checked out his podcast recently - right now I'm a loyal Schmoe haha ;)
JamesMann
JamesMann - 1/22/2015, 12:12 PM
The DCCU is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 1/22/2015, 12:12 PM
From this..



To this..

ForDarkseid
ForDarkseid - 1/22/2015, 12:13 PM
The team needs a muscle The General seems like an odd choice.
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/22/2015, 12:14 PM
@JamesMann FALSE! There's only been 1 DCCU film so far :)
aknightinarkham
aknightinarkham - 1/22/2015, 12:16 PM
Eiling is probably in a cage at Belle Reve the way King Shark supposedly is based on rumors.
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