Angelina Jolie’s Exit Strategy Revealed: Why the Oscar Winner Is Eager to Leave Los Angeles for Good

Angelina Jolie can’t wait to quit Hollywood — and sources reveal she’s counting the days until her twins with her ex Brad Pitt turn 18 and she’s free to flee.

“You’d better believe she’s starting to plan already,” says a source. “This is something she’s been wanting to do for years and the date is finally within sight.”

Back in 2019, Angie said: “I would love to live abroad and will do so as soon as my children are 18. Right now, I’m having to base where their father chooses to live.”

The exes’ custody arrangement stipulates that their minor children live in California. But with twins Vivienne and Knox turning 18 on July 12, 2026, Angie is already making firm arrangements to ditch Tinseltown, insiders say.

“Angie’s seeing the light at the end of the tunnel,” says the source. “She wants to make a home base that will meet all her kids’ needs as well as her own, which makes it tricky because they are all going in different directions.”

The mom of six, who turns 50 on June 4, owns homes in Los Angeles and Cambodia plus an apartment in New York City, where her eldest son, Maddox, 23, lives.

“With both Maddox and her atelier based in New York, it makes sense for her to spend time there. But she’s so drawn to spending time overseas, it’s hard to imagine waiting all this time to leave L.A. and only going as far as New York,” adds a insider. “She loves Cambodia and London and she’s always been fond of France.”

Besides the twins and Maddox, Angelina is also mom to Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, and Shiloh, 18.

“She would love it if all the kids came to Cambodia with her but that’s not realistic, so London may be the better compromise. It’s only six hours from New York but it fulfills her need for a bigger change,” says the source.

Still, Angelina likely won’t stay in one place for long, according to our source, who says: “She’s restless and likes to roam.”

“My favorite place is somewhere I’ve never been,” Angelina has said. “I like to be dropped into the middle of something new. I enjoy being out of my element.”