Chapman brothers to film art-world satire

The craze among British artists to make movies - at the weekend, Turner Prize-winner Steve McQueen picked up the Camera D'Or, one of the biggest prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, for his directorial debut, Hunger - is being followed by Jake (pictured, left) and Dinos Chapman (right), the brothers who were at the forefront of the 1990s Young British Artists (YBA) movement.

The Chapmans, who are best known for sticking male and female genitalia on the faces of pre-pubescent mannequins, are currently developing a feature-length comedy-drama believed to be inspired by the British art scene for Channel 4. "It's true and it's exciting. I even get a canvas chair with my name stencilled on it," said Jake Chapman, although he would not reveal any details about the movie, which is expected to be completed in 18 months' time.

Few in the art world will be surprised that the Chapmans have opted to make a comedy, as their work contains lashings of black - and some would say bad taste - humour. In 2003, they created Insult to Injury, in which they altered original Goya etchings by adding funny faces. Other work includes a sculpture of miniature Nazi figures in the shape of a swastika.

However, there artistic roots will not guarantee them success. Another artist trying to break into feature films, Sam Taylor-Wood, failed to win the best short category at Cannnes with her film Love You More, despite the help of her mentor, the late Anthony Minghella, and a screenplay by Patrick Marber.