, about sons of Caribbean immigrants maturing into young men in a Toronto housing project. In the original score category, the frontrunner has to be three-time Oscar-winner Howard Shore for David Cronenberg’s. And when it comes to visual effects, not only are the couple not in Cronenberg’s league, they are barely even playing the same game.
Cook, who was rejected by York University’s film studies department and studied English and history instead, previously operated Foresight Features with two childhood friends who are also fellow film nerds. Gathering seed money from a collection of “friends, families and fools,” the indie company dubbed “Canada’s unlikely horror film factory” by Maclean’s churned out 10 movies, including 2013′sCult Hero is described by Cook and Collins as 'our little gonzo horror-comedy film.
Whether the team walks away with any hardware next week may be immaterial, as the multiple nominations are a feat in themselves. “I think it’s something to we can hang our hat on as we move forward,” Cook says. The film, which makes its VOD premiere on May 2, will make a profit. “Our investors are just delighted to be part of this.”
Though the company expects to continue in the horror genre, moving into different styles is being considered. “Our go-to is more guts and more gore, but maybe we don’t need it,” CollinsIf nothing else, the couple and their scrappy film company have options. They have always had the guts, now they have the glory.