Netflix has acquired unique world rights to adapt the board recreation “Catan” into a number of movie and tv initiatives, the streamer introduced on Tuesday.
The take care of Asmodee Leisure consists of each scripted and unscripted content material spanning live-action movies, animated initiatives and TV sequence. The deal was negotiated by CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson and Christopher on behalf of Asmodee and Catan GmbH.
Based mostly on “Catan” by Klaus Teuber, initially launched in 1995 as “The Settlers of Catan,” the upcoming initiatives would be the first adaptation to convey the fictional island of Catan — a spot the place settlers should navigate bountiful and various landscapes, shifting alliances and restricted assets, whereas robbers roam the land — to life by a richly imagined narrative.
“Catan” has offered over 45 million copies and translated into over 40 languages. Its compelling mix of technique, useful resource negotiation and world-building has sparked a worldwide fanbase throughout generations and cultures.
The initiatives can be produced by Darren Kyman from Asmodee, Pete Fenlon from Catan Studio and Guido and Benjamin Teuber from the Teuber household. Roy Lee from Vertigo Leisure can also be connected as producer.
“Hundreds of thousands of persons are having fun with ‘Catan’ because it was created and for a lot of, it stays a gateway to trendy board gaming. I’m thrilled to see the sport increasing to a bigger viewers who will uncover the richness of its universe, I discover it thrilling for the way forward for the model,” Thomas Koegler, CEO of Asmodee, mentioned in a press release. “It’s additionally a testomony that board gaming is really half of popular culture and a well-liked type of leisure in everybody’s houses, and I’m delighted to proceed Asmodee’s relationship with Netflix.”
“Anybody who has performed ‘Catan’ is aware of that the extraordinary technique on the core of the sport has countless alternatives for some critical drama,” Jinny Howe, Head of Scripted Collection, US and Canada, Netflix, added. “We’re thrilled to associate throughout sequence, options, animation, and video games to convey this world to life for hardcore ‘Settlers’ and new followers alike.”
“When our father Klaus Teuber first launched ‘Catan’ thirty years in the past, he imagined an aspirational world the place individuals would collect by buying and selling, constructing and settling collectively — each on the desk and past it,” Benjamin and Guido Teuber, co-CEOs of CATAN GmbH, shared. “This collaboration with Netflix marks an thrilling new chapter in that journey. For 3 a long time, ‘Catan’ has related households and buddies around the globe. Now, we’re thrilled to see it encourage storytelling on a world stage — staying true to our father’s imaginative and prescient of creativity, technique and human connection.”
The “Catan” IP joins Netflix’s rising slate of game-based content material, which incorporates “Arcane,” “Castlevania,” “Exploding Kittens” and upcoming initiatives primarily based on “Murderer’s Creed,” “Monopoly” and “Gears of Struggle.”
