indieWIRE reports that HBO has acquired the television rights to a long-in-the-works documentary about Barack Obama’s run for president, produced by Edward Norton, directed by Amy Rice and Alicia Sams and edited by Sam Pollard. Pollard’s oft-collaborator Spike Lee discussed the film a bit earlier this year at Silverdocs. More from Variety’s Michael Jones and Jeff Wells, who thinks it’s a mistake for the filmmakers to shoot the innauguration if it means the film won’t be ready for release until late 2009. Meanwhile, the film’s theatrical distribution rights are apparently still up for grabs.