· HBO has paid "low seven figures" for U.S. TV rights to Amy Rice and Alicia Sams' (pictured) documentary about the Obama campaign, in production since 2006 under Edward Norton's Class 5 Films. "We believe this film will capture a tipping point in American history, when a new generation of leadership emerged and old prejudices were finally vaulted over," Norton said, adding, "Obama smaaaaaash!" [Variety] · What took so long? 2007 comedy Death At A Funeral is finally getting the remake it's been begging for, only this one is set to star Chris Rock and will be moved from pastoral England to "an urban American setting." But who will play the deceased's father's achondroplastic gay lover? We're thinking Tony Cox. [Variety] · Warners has bought the rights to the LAT's series "Tales From the Gangster Squad," about '40s-era L.A. mobster wars. [Variety] After the jump: Lost finally gets the new series regular who'll explain everything.· 24's Reiko Aylesworth has now joined the cast of Lost, while Amy Price-Francis has joined 24. [THR] · Disney reported $37.8 billion in revenue this year, due in no small part to 2 million sales of the Tinker Bell: Faerie Jailbait Killing Machine DVD. [THR] · Dylan McDermott will star in TNT pilot The Line, from Jerry Bruckheimer, about LAPD cops who "walk the line between doing their job and being seduced by easy money." [THR]