Warhol and Basquiat to be reborn on screen in movie of hit Young Vic play

Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope to reprise their stage roles in The Collaboration, which depicts how the artists worked together in 1980s New York

They were electric, eccentric, polar opposites" in 1980s New York: two of the greatest artists of the century who were brought together to stage an imaginary conversation in the smash hit Young Vic play The Collaboration, written by four-time Oscar nominee Anthony McCarten.

Now the drama about Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat is about to transfer to Broadway and has been adapted for a major feature film that begins shooting next month.