Fox Way Studios

Fox Way Studios is an independent Finnish filmmaking company. The company was founded by Tony Cole in 2004, but the first films were made public in 2015, when the Fox Way Studios YouTube channel was created.

## History

Most of the history of Fox Way Studios before the year 2015 is a mystery, but certain things have been told by the members of Fox Way. Tony Cole said in the first episode of the Fox Way Podcast that his mother came up with the name Fox Way Studios. On the second episode of the podcast Alex Kaufmann says that he has been a member Fox Way Studios since around 2012. The only mentioned projects before the channel are the original Smith and Jones series, made in 2012, and the original Bryan Stryker film, made in 2015.

The Fox Way Studios YouTube channel was created on June 6th 2015 and the first film, Price of Freedom, was published seven days later. The next project, Jack Stone: Killed in Action was officially announced on October 31st 2015 on Tony Cole's Instagram and published on the 8th of November. The film remains as the sixth longest published Fox Way film at 23 minutes.

Their next major project, Jack Stone: Instruments of Armageddon, was announced on the 22nd of November 2015 and published on February 26th 2016. The film was the first Fox Way Studios film with an original soundtrack, composed by Otto Nilsson. The next film, The White Death, gained lots of views in a short time and with it lots of criticism. The film was criticized due to historical inaccuracies and goofs (for example, snow not blowing off from a rifle's barrel when shot). According to Fox Way Studios, the film was made with a zero budget and was only loosely based on the story of the Finnish war hero, Simo Häyhä, not supposed to accurately portray it. On October 15th 2016, Fox Way published a short action/comedy film, SIX, which quickly became their most viewed film, and remained that way ever since. As of January 2021, the film has 16.8 million views. The third Jack Stone entry was announced in late December 2016. After many renamings and story-changes the film was announced to be called For Queen and Country.

In the march of 2017, the Civil War film series started when its first entry was published. The film series is one of the oldest still-running series' of Fox Way Studios. Next month, 24/7, the sequel to SIX was released. Although not met with the same amount of popularity as its predecessor, 24/7 was still well received. In may 2017, the trailer (lasting 20 minutes) of the movie Eternal Price was published, but as confirmed in the description the movie was not real. This project was made in collaboration with the high school many of the Fox Way members were attending at the time. On the 8th of June 2017, the second trailer for For Queen and Country was released and nine days later the full film was published. The process of making the film had yet been the longest of any Fox Way project lasting from at least the beginning of 2016 to mid 2017. Otto Nilsson, once again, made an original soundtrack for the film. Before the release of the fourth Jack Stone film, Second to None on the 13th of October 2017, Fox Way Studios published two more films: Escapists starring Nathan Tarver and EJ Lake, and the sequel to Civil War; Civil War 2: Resurrection. Small clips of Second to None were recorded in New York City.

In the February of 2018, the announcement trailer for the fifth Jack Stone entry, Rogue Albion. A few days before this, Tony Cole had posted a set picture of the film on his Instagram. In April, Fox Way released Unfinished and Unreleased, a compilation of three unfinished films, which were never published. These included Against All Odds, the old version of The Stryker Ascension and Blind Sun. Rogue Albion was released on the 20th of April 2018 and it became the yet longest film of Fox Way Studios at 56 minutes. Tom Peak was released in May and it became the first Fox Way Studios full film excluding the Jack Stone series. The sixth Jack Stone was not directly announced before its release on the 14th of December 2018, but two photos from the set were published onto Tony's Instagram. The movie left the series on a cliffhanger and left space for one more film.

2019 started with the release of 7:15, sequel to SIX and 24/7. In January, Fox Way Studios started their first episodic series, Jayce Harris, starring Thomas Sandford. Before Fox Way Studios' biggest project yet, three smaller full films were released. Made in Jacobtown; in March, Nicholson; in April and Mikael Grohn: Iron Curtain, in May. The teaser trailer for the seventh and the last Jack Stone film was published on 31st of May 2019. Before the film was released, the third Civil War, Arrival, was published. Jack Stone: End of the Line was published on the 9th of August 2019. Starring Tony Cole and Thomas Sandford in their respective roles as Jack Stone and Howard Doyle. It is also often considered the greatest Fox Way Studios film, along with The Iridescent. Before 2020, the second episode of Jayce Harris, Mustard Man, was published and so was the sequel to Escapists, Escapists 2.

In February 2020, the fourth Civil War, Empire, was released, with Eddie Cole having his first starring role in the film. Soon Fox Way's new full film George Whitebrooke: The Fourth Line was published, thus starting the George Whitebrooke film series. Jack Stone returned to the screens, not in film form, but in a new series called Jack Stone Classified, in its pilot episode, Bound by Blood. The new version of The Stryker Ascension was released in July, this time starring Eric Sandford instead of Thomas Sandford. The next full film, The Club, highly inspired by The Expendables, was released in August. The second entry in the George Whitebrooke film series, Rainmaker, was released in october, topping the first one slightly in length. The last release of the year was the second episode of Jack Stone Classified, Knightfall, which was published Christmas day. Two weeks before this, Fox Way's secondary channel, Fox Way Extras was created by Tony Cole's brother Eddie Cole.

During the duration of January 2021, the rebooted Smith & Jones series aired. It is the first Fox Way Studios series with a finished season, as of September 1st, 2021. The announcement trailer for The Iridescent (previously only known as 'the big one') was released on February 12th, 2021. In march, Mikael Grohn: A Dish Served Cold was release, which is presumably the last Grohn film. Next month, the third addition in the George Whitebrooke series was uploaded, Death to Spies. In June Civil War 5: Order 66 was released. The Iridescent, Fox Way's largest film to date, was published on August 27th, 2021. It is currently the longest Fox Way film, and by many viewers and fans considered the best one.

## Channels

There are two Fox Way channels, from which one has scheduled content releases.

### Fox Way Studios

Fox Way Studios is the original and the main channel of Fox Way. It has nearly 24 thousand subscribers and 17 million views. In this channel, Fox Way uploads most of its films and film trailers. It is mostly operated by Tony Cole, although Eddie Cole claims to do most of the Finnish subtitling. Most known and recognized films and series' of the channel are:

* Jack Stone (Film Series)
* Christian Kleffer (Film Series)
* Civil War (Film Series)
* Tom Peak (Film)
* Nicholson (Film)
* George Whitebrooke (Film Series)
* Jack Stone Classified
* The Club
* Smith & Jones
* The Iridescent

### Fox Way Extras

Fox Way Extras is the secondary channel of Fox Way. It has 28 subscribers and about a thousand views. In this channel, Fox Way uploads most of its extra content including unreleased films. It is mostly operated by Eddie Cole. Most known and recognized shows and series' of the channel are:

* Fox Way Podcast
* Fox Way Unreleased
* Fox Way Gaming

## Members

### Actors

* Tony Cole
* Alex Kaufmann
* Thomas Sandford
* Eddie Cole
* Nathan Tarver
* Eric Sandford
* Michael Coughlin
* Steve Mills
* Osiris Rangewood
* Nick Birch
* Isaac Toole
* Rick Buckley
* Willie Jousey
* Anton Louthander
* Jay Matthew
* Sebastian Sandford
* Johnny Hackland
* John McGregor
* E.J. Lake

### Cinematographers

* Alex Kaufmann
* Osiris Rangewood
* Thomas Sandford
* Eddie Cole

### Stunt Team

* Tony Cole
* Alex Kaufmann
* Eddie Cole
* Eric Sandford
* Michael Coughlin
* Nathan Tarver
* Nick Birch
* Thomas Sandford
* Tom Cole

### Editors

* Tony Cole
* Eddie Cole

### Sound Advisors

* Anton Louthander
* Osiris Rangewood

### Composers

* Otto Nilsson
* Osiris Rangewood

### Costume Designers

* Osiris Rangewood
* Tony Cole

### Producers

* Tony Cole
* Tom Cole

### Writers

* Tony Cole
* Eddie Cole
* Osiris Rangewood

### Guests

This is a list of people who cannot be considered a part of the Fox Way group, but have nonetheless contributed to some of the films.

* Pauli Janhunen Calderón (Actor)
* Emilio Janhunen Calderón (Actor)
* David Anghel (Actor)
* Adam Leijon (Actor)
* Martin Groff (Actor)
* Tom Smith (Actor)
* Jacob K. Ebbesen (Actor)