Tom Hanks Wins Rights for Watergate

Tom Hanks has purchased the film rights to the life of the man behind the Watergate scandal, in the USA.

According to Contactmusic, the life of Mark Felt, better known as Deep Throat, will be made into a movie.  Felt was the anonymous source who helped reporters at the Washington Post to uncover the political scandal during the Nixon administration.

Tom Hanks and his film company will be making the movie, with the rights reportedly valued at $1 million.