The origin of Little Engine Productions dates back to 1998 when Matthews, the former head of Tavel Entertaintment's literary and feature department, started Roundtable Entertainment.
[1] In 2007, Matthews and co-founder Grant Scharbo rebranded Roundtable Entertainment as Little Engine Productions.
[2] The company's first feature film was 1998's Urban Legend, written by Silvio Horta.
The teen comedy-drama starred Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope and was co-created by Matthews and Ryan Murphy.
Signing deals to produce TV shows for Viacom Productions in 2002,[4] 20th Century Fox Television in 2005[5] and ITV Studios in 2016,[6] the company’s television credits during this period include The Gates, Missing, Rush, and Saints & Strangers.