Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are paid huge sums to appear together on the silver screen

However, Brad Pitt, 60, and Angelina Jolie, 49, have now been offered a "cheque" if they agree to put their differences aside and co-star in a film about the Martinez Hotel in Cannes, France.

Producer Danny Rossner said he would pay the couple about $60 million to star in the film adaptation of The Hotel Martinez - a non-fiction love story set at a hotel and casino during World War II by writer Phillip M. Kenny.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie go through a high-profile divorce

"I think right now Brad Pitt is making $20 million to $25 million per movie and Angelina Jolie is making $15 million. We're willing to pay 50 percent more than their usual pay," Rossner said. That means Brad Pitt will get $37.5 million and Jolie will get closer to $22 million.

Brad Pitt will play Emmanuel Martinez, the owner of the eponymous hotel during World War II, and Jolie will play Emma Digard, Martinez's seductive lover and muse.

"There's a love scene, which is also a very hot scene, because Martinez feels repressed. When he finally does it, it gets pretty wild. Martinez has lived a life of luxury in every sense of the word...", Rossner said.

When asked why he pursued the once-powerful couple so passionately, Rossner replied: "It would have worked if they had agreed."

The problem is that Pitt and Jolie have been locked in divorce proceedings since 2016, which have never been finalized. Although a judge has declared them legally single, they can hardly be seen in the same room together, let alone film a steamy scene.

Brad Pitt, worth an estimated $400 million, was married to Jennifer Aniston when he met Angelina (worth an estimated $160 million) on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The film went on to become one of the top 10 highest-grossing films of 2005.

Brad Pitt falls in love with Angelina Jolie on the set of Mr.&Mrs. Smith

They have become the most famous couple in the world and are parents to six children: Maddox (23 years old), Pax (21 years old), Zahara (19 years old), Shiloh (18 years old) and 16-year-old twins Knox - Vivienne.

In the divorce, most of the children sided with their mother and continued to live with her, some of the older children dropped the Pitt surname.

Angelina accused Brad of being drunk and abusive on a private flight from France to the US. His actions were investigated by the FBI, which declined to make any charges.

After the breakup, Angelina Jolie has not had any serious relationships while Brad Pitt is dating Ines De Ramon.

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