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Deadline reports that Netflix has enlisted Aaron and Adam Nee to write and direct a live-action adaptation of the Catan board game, marking the streaming platform's first major creative step since securing exclusive global rights to the property in 2025. The Nee brothers, whose credits include The Lost City, will now attempt to translate the resource-trading strategy game into narrative form. Netflix declined to comment on the project.
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