Click here to watch it. Entertainment Weekly reports on its Web site that the two directors are racing each other to produce a short comedy for the site's launch sometime this month. Stars will reportedly include Steve Martin, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy. Hundreds of Shorts Entertainment start-ups often have trouble finding quality content. The short-film sites get around the problem by recycling independent films from the festival circuit.
Users view the shorts in small windows on their computer.
The shorts range from Oscar-nominated gems to crude animation in the South Park style. The stop-motion animation was nominated for an Academy Award in 1999. A Letter From the Western Front , on AtomFilms, combines beautiful watercolor animation with a specially written, 25-instrument score. While shorts are the bread and butter of most of the film sites, some sites have a more eclectic selection. A year ago, many Web watchers were predicting that the online sites would challenge the Hollywood establishment.