Dept. Q (Netflix)

[EvaDK]

Originally Posted by JoeKryten

Apparently there's some conflict behind the scenes in the Danish film series. The first four were produced by the same company with the same cast. Apparently the books author (Jussi Adler-Olsen) was not happy with them and pulled a Kirkman/Walking Dead (or Mignola/Hellboy) and had a stronger say with the last two films which featured an entirely new cast. But the popularity of the films suffered...

Adler-Olsen especially disliked how protagonist Carl Mørck was portrayed in the first 4 films made by Zentropa (Lars Von Trier's production company).

Zentropa had only contractually optioned the first four novels, so Adler-Olsen was free to choose another production company for the other novels and that's how film 5 & 6 are produced by Nordisk Film and feature a completely new cast and creative team - with Adler-Olsen wielding more creative control over the films.

And yes, the Netflix series is great. Can't wait to see what they do with Fasandræberne/The Absent One, my personal favorite of the six films.