Liam Neeson is to topline the new Watergate movie Felt for director Peter Landesman (Concussion) as the notorious informant ‘Deep Throat.’
The news comes via Deadline at the AFM (American Film Market), who confirm that Neeson is in talks to join the movie, which revolves around the infamous informant that was in 2005 revealed to be FBI agent W. Mark Felt, hence the title.
The blog reports that Ridley Scott, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Giannina Scott, Marc Butan, Christopher Woodrow and Jay Roach will produce the movie, with shooting expected to begin in March of 2016.
Deadline sums up the plot.
Felt is a taut spy thriller centering on Deep Throat, the pseudonym given to the notorious whistleblower for one of the greatest scandals of all time, Watergate. The true identity of the secret informant remained a mystery and source of much public curiosity and speculation for more than 30 years. That is until, in 2005, special agent Felt (Neeson) shockingly revealed himself as the tipster. This unbelievable true story chronicles the personal and professional life of the brilliant and uncompromising Felt, who risked and ultimately sacrificed everything – his family, his career, his freedom – in the name of justice.
