"Call it the effect: seemingly every product line is now ripe for a high-profile adaptation, no matter how uncinematic it may seem. is getting a movie produced by Margot Robbie, Jon M. Chu will follow up Wicked with a Hot Wheels movie, and even M. Night Shyamalan is making a TV show based on the Magic 8 Ball. No, really. Now, Netflix is trying its hand at the product-to-content pipeline by acquiring the rights to a classic board game."
"If done right, it could serve as a jumping-off point for all kinds of projects, from a competitive reality series to a hit fantasy epic. If done wrong, we'll reconvene to talk about what a bizarre idea this was. According to , Netflix has acquired the rights to Catan, the German board game also known as Settlers of Catan. Catan sees players acquire and trade resources as they build competing island settlements."
Netflix acquired the rights to the German board game Catan and plans to develop film, television, and unscripted projects from the property. Catan players acquire and trade resources to build competing island settlements, which fosters passionate play and a competitive scene. The property could translate into a tournament-style unscripted series or a scripted historical-style drama focused on rival merchants and warriors. Adapting Catan poses narrative challenges because the game lacks characters or a plot, but the absence of a preset story also provides a blank slate for creators. Successful non-narrative adaptations of genre properties provide precedent for such development.
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