Emmy-winning voice actor Charlie Adler (Transformers) will make his on-screen debut with a leading role in the sci-fi horror comedy The Cryptid, Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned.
Kym Jackson (We Bury the Dead), Kevin Sizemore (“The Staircase”), and Andrew Steel also star. Chapel Oaks (“Will Trent”), Bradford Haynes, and Larkin Campbell round out the ensemble.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is being touted as an original sci‑fi creature thriller that blends suspense, humor, and heart.
Commercial director Shawn Driscoll makes his feature debut on the project, which he co-wrote with with Campbell.
“It’s a horror film with heart — a character-driven story blending dark humor, emotional depth, and classic genre thrills, paying homage to old-school creature films,” explains Driscoll.
Filming is currently underway in southern West Virginia, with Sizemore producing via his GKg Productions, alongside Driscoll, Campbell, and Gina Lombardi.
Named one of Animation Magazine’s Top 13 All-Time Voice-Over Artists and Animation World Network’s Voice of the Decade, Adler is best known for voicing Starscream in the Transformers film franchise and as the original voice of Buster Bunny in “Tiny Toon Adventures.”
Adler’s 40+ year career also includes “Cow and Chicken,” “Rocko’s Modern Life,” “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters,” “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “The Smurfs,” “G.I. Joe,” “Earthworm Jim,” “Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling,” and Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
