SSN Screening Series: Aronofsky Opens Up About ‘Noah,’ Reasons to Pay Attention to MIPCOM, On the Set for 10/13/14

SSN ORIGINALS

SSN Screening Series: Darren Aronofsky Opens Up About ‘Noah’ Controversy and a Record-Setting Shoot

The Friday screening, at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater, also featured the film’s supervising sound editor Craig Henigan and re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay. (SSN)

Netflix Signs a Major European Deal, ’Better Call Saul,’ Shonda Rhimes Going Global and Other Reasons to Pay Attention to MIPCOM

The international TV market, which launches this week in Cannes, has been the leading market for discovering, buying and selling international shows across all genres and platforms since 1985. (SSN)

On the Set for 10/13/14: Idris Elba Starts ‘Bastille Day,’ Richard Linklater Begins ‘That’s What I’m Talking About’

Other projects, like Truth and Mr. Right, get rolling, while F. Gary Gray wraps his N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Are Back In Business Together, Will Develop a Show For Syfy

The pair’s Pearl Street Films is behind Incorporated, a futuristic espionage thriller from brothers David and Alex Pastor. (THR)

Participant Jumps Aboard Sandra Bullock’s ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’

Company will co-finance the film, based on the 2005 doc of the same name, directed by David Gordon Green and also starring Billy Bob Thornton, currently filming in New Orleans. (TOH)

To the Surprise of Absolutely No One, FX Renews ‘American Horror Story’ For a Fifth Season …

No word yet if creator Ryan Murphy’s show, currently in the midst of Season Four, will bring back Jessica Lange and the rest. (VUL)

… And Fox Gives a Full Season Order to ‘Gotham’

Network asks for six more episodes, bringing total to a full 22. Ratings have been solid so far for the drama, detailing the rise of eventual commissioner — and Batman ally — James Gordon. (VAR)

DC Has Announced the Lineup For Its ‘Suicide Squad’ Movie

With no official release date yet, villains with names like Blockbuster, Multiplex, Jaculi, Mindboggler, Harkness (aka Captain Boomerang), Vixen and Deadshot are on the roster, with Deadshot considered the lead role. (CB)

If You Were Wondering When Marvel Would Announce Rosario Dawson’s Role in the ‘Daredevil’ TV Show, Today’s Your Lucky Day

Along with announcement that Vondie Curtis-Hall as reporter/Daredevil confidant Ben Urich comes news that Dawson is Claire Temple, who will factor into Marvel’s other Netflix shows. (SAA)

More Than Two Years After Its Release, R.J. Palacio’s ‘Wonder’ Is Finally Getting the Film Treatment

Young adult book about a different looking kid who wants to be treated like everyone else has been on the bestseller list for 96 weeks, has Kill Your Darlings director John Krokidas attached. (WAF)