Established in 1999, Matador Pictures has become one of the UK's leading independent feature film production companies with a distinguished track record of distinctive productions earning both commercial and critical success. 2007 saw the creation of the Cinema companies, a film financing initiative in collaboration with boutique finance house Regent Capital. Films it has produced, co-produced or co-financed have achieved over 120 major awards, nominations and festival selections. Theatrical releases in 2010 include HEARTLESS starring Jim Sturgess, Noel Clarke and Timothy Spall; Jonathan Lynn’s WILD TARGET starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Everett and Rupert Grint; the Hawaii-set romantic epic starring Q'orianka Kilcher, PRINCESS KAIULANI; and DREAD starring Jackson Rathbone and based on the short story by Clive Barker. Films currently in production include AGE OF HEROES, an epic WW2 action adventure with Sean Bean and Danny Dyer; British comedian Ben Miller’s directorial debut, HUGE; and JACKBOOTS ON WHITEHALL, a satirical wartime live-action animation voiced by Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, Richard E Grant and Tom Wilkinson.