‘EXPATS’: After marrying in France, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will live for at least two years in England, where Jolie is making three films. (Reuters)
They won’t be America’s sweethearts much longer.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie plan to tie the knot at their sprawling estate in France this summer — and then live in England for at least the next two years, according to published reports yesterday.
The famed Tinseltown couple has spent the last six months quietly planning to hold a lavish wedding ceremony at their manse near the village of Correns, in the south of France, London’s Daily Star reported.
They’ll reportedly exchange vows in a pre-Roman chapel on the grounds.
Among their more daunting tasks for the occasion will be trying to find suitable digs for 200 to 300 guests to stay in, given the small size of their village, The Star reported.
Hollywood pals George Clooney, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell are expected to be on the guest list.
Angelina’s once-estranged pop, Jon Voight, 73, is also going to get an invite, The Star reported.
“They have been quietly preparing for one of the most glamorous show-business weddings of all time for months,” a friend of the couple said. “I’ve seen their chateau, and it is one of the most romantic settings imaginable.”
Locals have reportedly dubbed the upcoming Pitt-Jolie ceremony “Le Mariage de Monsieur et Madame Smith” — a takeoff on their movie, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.”
Jolie once caused an outcry after admitting that she and Pitt fell in love during filming of that flick, when he was still married to a real American sweetheart, Jennifer Aniston.
The couple and their six children are then set to spend at least the next two years making their home just outside London, as Jolie shoots her next three movies in the United Kingdom, according to The Sun newspaper.
The two also are eager to be near London for the Summer Olympics and believe their kids will benefit from the immersion in British culture, sources said.
“They loved it when they were in the UK last year,” a source close to the couple said. “They like the culture and are happy for their children to receive schooling here.”