Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will soon be in Malta for the shooting of a new film at Mgarr ix-Xini, but claims made Wednesday by the actor’s psychic have thrown their relationship into question.

Ron Bard, Brad Pitt’s psychic, insists the actor feels ‘boxed in’ but will not leave her for the sake of their six children – and because it would harm his image.

Mr Bard made his startling claims as he spoke in depth for the first time about his friendship with Pitt.

The Daily Mail reports that he said the 50-year-old actor is still in love with his first wife, Friends star Jennifer Aniston, 45.

But he believes Pitt has already secretly married Miss Jolie, 39, and the couple will have another three children. Pitt was introduced to the psychic by Aniston in 2004. 

Filming of By the Sea is expected to start in the coming days, but the two protagonists are still to make an appearance in Gozo. The bay has however already been closed to the public as the completion of the set in what is one of Malta’s most picturesque bays nears.

Mr Bard, 54, claims he told the actor in 2005 he would meet someone who would ‘change your whole life’ while filming Mr & Mrs Smith. That year, Pitt left Aniston for Jolie.

But asked whether the couple are still in love, Mr Bard said: ‘At the end of the day, whether [Pitt is] in love or he’s not in love is not the question. The question is he’s a man who made a commitment to six children and he’s keeping his commitment to those six children.

‘Whether he loves her or not, [that’s] another story. Brad’s the type of guy who finds his happiness within his own soul. He does what he thinks right – he’s a man’s man.”

Pitt and Miss Jolie announced their engagement in 2012 and in a magazine interview earlier this year, Jolie said of her relationship with Pitt: ‘I never thought I’d have children, I never thought I’d be in love, I never thought I’d meet the right person. 

'Coming from a broken home you kind of accept that certain things feel like a fairytale, and you just don’t look for them.’

The pair have not announced wedding plans but Mr Bard believes the ceremony may have been carried out in secret – or if not, it will be ‘pretty soon, in the next few months’.