section_path: Production/Development
section_name: Development
paragraph_text: Development
  
  On 27 April 2023, Scott Frank was set to develop an English language eight-episode TV series adaptation of the first of Jussi Adler-Olsen 's Department Q book series, with Frank co-writing with Chandni Lakhani, and Left Bank Pictures producing the series for Netflix. On 6 February 2024, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane were revealed to be writing with Frank and Lakhani, while Frank will direct the first 2 episodes.
  
  On 27 April 2023, Scott Frank was set to develop an English language eight-episode TV series adaptation of the first of Jussi Adler-Olsen 's Department Q book series, with Frank co-writing with Chandni Lakhani, and Left Bank Pictures producing the series for Netflix. On 6 February 2024, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane were revealed to be writing with Frank and Lakhani, while Frank will direct the first 2 episodes.