Obama to Play Himself in HBO Biopic

Barack Obama's favorite show is The Wire, and now he'll have a chance to join those illustrious crack dealers on HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO just closed a seven-figure deal with Edward Norton's Class 5 Films, who approached the Obama campaign in 2006 with intentions of filming a documentary about the politician's campaign and political history. Filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams were given special access to Obama and his inner circle and followed the campaign all the way to Grant Park this past Tuesday. Here's a preview of what it might look like in photo form.

HBO better release its planned Obama documentary fast, before this fad ends up in the dumpster alongside flared jeans and Napster. Right now, the President-Elect is all anyone can talk, think, sing, or write about, but in a few months, chances are his name will just be a blip in the history books, right? Apparently, the network plans to air the doc sometime next year, when the Obama administration will be très passé, and the world will have moved on to more pressing matters, like how this guy is handling his new job.