EXCLUSIVE: Obsession’s Megan Lawless is set to star in Ping, an indie psychological drama marking the feature debut of writer-director Richie Gordon that shoots in Utah this summer.
The film follows Annie (Lawless), who after a stalled career reset, joins a wellness startup led by a magnetic founder who promises purpose, status, and creative power. But as validation turns into control, Annie spirals into obsession, isolation, and collapse — until she must choose between being “irreplaceable” and being free.
“Ping is about the burnout generation — people who were taught that if they worked harder, cared more, and became exceptional enough, they would eventually feel whole,” Gordon told us. “But for so many people, ambition has become indistinguishable from addiction. This film asks what happens when the thing that makes you gifted is also the thing a system can use to consume you.”
Ping hails from Power Ten Productions. Jamie Ember is the project’s casting director.
Lawless stars alongside Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette in this summer’s horror sensation Obsession from Curry Barker, which has broken out as the top grosser in the history of Focus Features with over $234M worldwide to date. Previously, the actress has also been seen in films like The Hate U Give and Table 19, as well as Hulu’s The Girl from Plainville. She is repped by Alexander White Agency, 42, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
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