August
26 HBO to buy Edward Norton's Barack Obama documentary?

Writes Sharon Waxman, "The cable channel is poised to acquire the still-in-progress documentary, according to individuals on both sides of the deal. A movie studio may also buy theatrical rights, I’m told." Two years in the making, Norton is one of five producers on the as-yet untitled doc directed by Amy Rice and Alicia Sams. According to Waxman, the filmmakers want to "release the film within the first 100 days of an eventual Obama presidency." [WaxWord]