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Aaron and Adam Nee to Write and Direct Netflix’s Catan Movie
Aaron and Adam Nee are set to write and direct Netflix’s live-action Catan movie, according to a report.
The brothers directed The Lost City, a 2022 action-adventure comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum.
Netflix secured exclusive global rights to Catan in October 2025, covering potential films, television, unscripted projects and video games.
The board game has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide since its release in 1995.
Players build settlements and roads on a fictional island by gathering and trading resources, but the game has no established story for a film to follow.
How Netflix will turn the game into a movie remains unclear, including whether it will keep the game’s lighter tone.
Netflix has not publicly commented on the report, and no further details about the film are given.
Aaron and Adam Nee will write and direct a live-action Catan movie for Netflix, according to a report cited by Polygon.
The project is Netflix’s first major move since it secured exclusive global rights to Catan in October 2025.
The rights agreement also allows Netflix to develop animated films, television projects and video games based on the franchise.
The board game, created by Klaus Teuber and released in 1995, has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.
Netflix has not publicly commented on the report, and the movie’s story direction remains unclear.
- Who
- Aaron and Adam Nee will write and direct the movie.
- What
- Netflix is developing a live-action movie based on the Catan board game.
- When
- The report was published on Nov. 9, 2026.
- Where
- The movie is for Netflix; a filming location is Not stated.
- Why
- Netflix secured exclusive global rights to Catan. The sources do not state a specific reason for making the movie.
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Netflix secured exclusive global rights to Catan.
Polygon reported that Aaron and Adam Nee would write and direct a live-action Catan movie for Netflix.
- Writers and directors
- Aaron and Adam Nee
- Platform
- Netflix
- Rights secured
- October 2025
- Game release
- 1995
- Worldwide sales
- More than 45 million copies