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

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.

UNCONFIRMED TWITTER RUMOR: Pending more concrete sourcing, I hear Gary Sinise supposedly in talks to join SUICIDE SQUAD as GENERAL EILING.
— Umberto Gonzalez (@elmayimbe) January 22, 2015

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 - 1/22/2015, 11:55 AM

Lieutenant DANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

blackandyellow - 1/22/2015, 11:56 AM

LT Dan got a promotion.

TheDarkPassenger - 1/22/2015, 11:56 AM

JoeMomma29 - 1/22/2015, 11:56 AM

El Maybe is back at it again!

JoeMomma29 - 1/22/2015, 11:57 AM

LMAO! All these LT. Dan jokes are going to be freaking hilarious!

MonsterSquad35 - 1/22/2015, 11:58 AM

hahha I see what you did there blackandyellow

ALegendaryPanda - 1/22/2015, 11:58 AM

Pretty good actor! I'm down with this casting

DannRamm113 - 1/22/2015, 11:58 AM

YOU TOOK MY ARTICLE SO YOU COULD DO YOUR OWN??????? GOD DAMMIT

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 - 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 - 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 - 1/22/2015, 12:02 PM

Good Choice.....now what about the Oscar nominated actor has been chosen for Deathstroke in SS......

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 - 1/22/2015, 12:04 PM

Magic legs!

JoeMomma29 - 1/22/2015, 12:06 PM

@brain

Are they saying they know who the actor is for DeathStroke???

driver - 1/22/2015, 12:06 PM

He probably got his legs in S.T.A.R labs.

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 - 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 - 1/22/2015, 12:08 PM

*had to do

GhostDog - 1/22/2015, 12:08 PM

Latino review....lies

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 - 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 - 1/22/2015, 12:11 PM

Be nice to hear some SPider Man news

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 - 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 - 1/22/2015, 12:12 PM

The DCCU is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Brainiac13 - 1/22/2015, 12:12 PM

From this..

To this..

ForDarkseid - 1/22/2015, 12:13 PM

The team needs a muscle The General seems like an odd choice.

Brainiac13 - 1/22/2015, 12:13 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Wade_Eiling

Reasonnnn - 1/22/2015, 12:14 PM

@JamesMann FALSE! There's only been 1 DCCU film so far :)

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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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.

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