BEIJING, June 17 -- Former FBI agent Mark Felt, 91, who last month revealed he was Deep Throat, the key secret source in the Watergate scandal, has signed book and film deals for around one million dollars and Tom Hanks will produce the movie, his publisher said on Thursday.

    Peter Osnos, publisher of PublicAffairs, said the book was provisionally titled "A G-Man's Life: The FBI, Being 'Deep Throat' and the Struggle for Honor in Washington."

    "G-man" is slang for an FBI or other government agent.

    Based in part on Felt's inside information, Woodward, along with fellow Post reporter Carl Bernstein, wrote the articles about the involvement of Nixon administration officials in the June 17, 1972 burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington.

    The scandal and the White House's attempted cover-up ultimately led to Richard Nixon becoming the first US president to resign in disgrace, in August 1974.

    Public Affairs publisher and chief executive Peter Osnos said the book would be published early next year.

    Universal Pictures bought an option to produce a film based on Felt's memoir of his life in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the sources said. The movie will be developed by Playtone, the production company owned by actor Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman.

    Entertainment industry bible Daily Variety said the deal included rights to the stories of the 91-year-old Felt and his family and that double Oscar-winning actor Hanks and partner Gary Goetzman would produce the film.

    The rights, along with those to a book, were sold for around one million dollars (800,000 euros), according to The New York Times.

    (Agencies)