Netflix is looking to turn a wildly popular board game into a major franchise. The board game in question is "Catan," formerly known as "Settlers of Catan." The streaming service has cut a deal to make movies and TV shows based on the game, both scripted and unscripted, across live-action and animation. In short, it's a comprehensive deal.

According to Variety , the producing team in place currently consists of Darren Kyman from game publisher asmodee, Pete Fenlon of Catan Studios, Guido and Benjamin Teuber, the sons of "Catan" inventor Klaus Teuber, and Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment. A "Catan" movie has been in development since 2015 , but that's now poised to become a reality. More than that, Netflix believes this can be a full-on franchise. Thomas Koegler, asmodee's CEO, had thi

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