A television series adaptation of Annika Jade Levy’s acclaimed debut novel, “Flat Earth,” is in the works at Vice Studios, with Levy as co-creator.
Published by Catapult Books in the US and Little Brown in the UK in November 2025, Flat Earth has been described as “a wry, incisive portrait of female ambition in New York at a time when attention spans are at an all-time low and dopamine tolerance is at an all-time high.”
Vice According to the synopsis for “Flat Earth” provided by Studios, the story “follows best friends Avery and Frances, two desperate young women who navigate friendship, competition, obsession, and survival in a city that constantly produces young, attractive, and talented women with curator-level tastes, then discards them when they can no longer wear the proverbial pleated skirts. It’s Frances’ experimental documentary, “Flat Earth.” On the road trip, red America and blue America begin to seem like different brands of the same hallucination, and as Frances rises in the art world, Avery becomes financially and mentally unstable, a national Adderall shortage doesn’t help either, and she eventually, in desperation, takes a job on a right-wing dating app called Patriarchy and slips into a series of business relationships. When Frances becomes pregnant and too famous to ignore, Avery’s feelings begin to crumble and the friendship at the heart of the story begins to crack. After all, neither of them can be spokespeople for their generation. ”
Additional details about the project, including Mr. Levy’s co-creation of the “Flat Earth” television series, are not available at this time.
“Flat Earth” joins a growing lineup of projects at Amy Powell’s Vice Studio, including “Gangs of London,” which is currently in its fourth season, the upcoming animated adaptation of the “Payday” video game series, the feature film “Bad Apples,” starring Saoirse Ronan, and the new TV series “Atomic,” which is inspired by the nonfiction book “Atomic Bazaar.”
“‘Flat Earth’ is fearless, poignant and wildly funny,” said Amy Powell, vice president of studios. “This is exactly the kind of bold, singular storytelling we want to champion, and we’re thrilled to be able to help bring Annika’s world to a wider audience.”
“‘Flat Earth’ is a story of ambition, friendship, meth abuse, and surviving in the attention economy,” Levy said. “Vice has a high tolerance for risk and we know our viewers are smarter than they’re usually treated to. We’re excited to bring this world to television with a team that understands both the satire and the emotional stakes.”
A founding editor of Forever Magazine and a teacher in Columbia University’s writing program, Levy is also a contributor to Playboy, and her work has appeared in GQ, The Paris Review Online, Vogue, Interview Magazine, NYLON, Flaunt, and more. Levy was recently named a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honoree.
Levy is repped by Inkwell’s Michael Mangiero for lighting, Range Media Partners, WME’s Sylvie Rabineau for television, and Jorn Levine Burns Klinzmann Rubenstein Corner Endlich & Gellman for television.
