Angelina Jolie has been admitted to hospital in the south of France in preparation for the birth of her twins.

The Hollywood star is said to be doing well and a spokeswoman for the Lenval Hospital in Nice said it had been planned for some time that the actress would be admitted in advance to the maternity wing.

She would not say when Jolie was admitted but added Angelina will be likely to remain in hospital until the birth. She said the arrival of her babies was not imminent.

The Tomb Raider actress already has three adopted children and a natural child with Pitt. They have all been living in an exclusive wine resort in Provence, France, since the beginning of the summer.

It wasn’t going to be long before little Shiloh Jolie-Pitt followed in mummy and daddy’s footsteps. And now the toddler, their only biological child, is making her big screen debut in Brad’s new film.

In the preview from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the Fight Club star cradles his two-year-old daughter as she watches a balloon float away.

The film tells the tale of a man who starts ageing backwards with bizarre consequences.