Maria is being directed by Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain, known for 2016 biopic Jackie

The Oscar-winning actress said she would now focus her time working with organisations ‘led by people most directly affected by conflict’.

The actress said she was moving on ‘to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues’

The actress and director has been working alongside sons Maddox and Pax Jolie-Pitt.

Angelina Jolie has asked that the private judge overseeing her divorce from Brad Pitt be disqualified from the case because of insufficient disclosures of his business relationships with one of Pitt’s lawyers.

Angelina Jolie has said she separated from Brad Pitt for the “wellbeing” of her family, and continues to “focus on their healing”. The Hollywood star, 45, shares three biological and three adopted children with Pitt, 56.