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Jan 16, 2018

01/16/2018: Is "Catan" the next blockbuster?

Sony Pictures hopes so. The studio is making a bid for the rights to the bestselling board game. We like Catan because it’s all about economics, but is there enough there for the kind of mega-franchise Hollywood demands these days? Plus, we’re talking markets and the Chinese government’s new plan for limiting the population of Shanghai.

Players trade resource cards to build roads, cities and settlements in the German board game Catan.
Players trade resource cards to build roads, cities and settlements in the German board game Catan.
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Sony Pictures hopes so. The studio is making a bid for the rights to the bestselling board game. We like Catan because it’s all about economics, but is there enough there for the kind of mega-franchise Hollywood demands these days? Plus, we’re talking markets and the Chinese government’s new plan for limiting the population of Shanghai.