Pitt and Jolie marry for magazine spread

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are playing house as husband and wife once again - this time for a 60-page magazine spread.

The screen stars, who sparked speculation of a romance after playing married assassins in the movie Mr & Mrs Smith, have posed for a range of shots showing both wedded bliss as parents and the darker side of marriage for the July issue of W magazine.

And the publication's creative director, Dennis Freedman, says bosses loved the photographs so much, they decided to publish an unprecedented 60-page spread, which includes just two pages of text.

Freedman also points out that the spread was Pitt's own idea, explaining: "He approached us back in March with an idea and the idea was really to explore both sides - the dark and the light of an idealised American family.

"I think you take whatever you want from the photos. I think that there is a story and Brad was committed to that story. I think the fact that he did it in spite of the media speculation points out his courage in doing it."

The photographs are set in 1963 - the year Pitt was born and the year US President John F Kennedy was assassination.