20 Actress/Director Combos You're Likelier to See Than Cleopatra's Angelina Jolie and James Cameron

Thursday's news that Angelina Jolie and James Cameron are Sony's choices to steer a new, 3-D Cleopatra on to screens caught pretty much everyone in the world off-guard -- partly because of the expense and magnitude of such a project, partly because of its fascinating creative prospects, and partly because it will never happen. In fact, while thinking it over today at Movieline HQ, we came up with 20 other actress/director pairs you're likelier to see collaborate before the titans Jolie and Cameron ever get on the same page. Surely you have a few of your own; let's hear them below.

1. Betty White and Adrian Lyne

2. Gabourey Sidibe and Woody Allen

3. Judi Dench and Brett Ratner

4. Meryl Streep and Larry Clark

5. Megan Fox and Ang Lee

6. Cher and Terry Gilliam

7. Julia Roberts and Werner Herzog

8. Miley Cyrus and David O. Russell

9. Kim Basinger and Jennifer Lynch

10. Emma Thompson and Quentin Tarantino

11. Sasha Grey and Tyler Perry

12. Tilda Swinton and Dennis Dugan

13. Dakota Fanning and Gaspar Noé

14. Frances McDormand and Michael Bay

15. Annette Bening and Eli Roth

16. Nicole Kidman and John Woo

17. Sandra Bullock and Abel Ferrara

18. Mo'Nique and Michael Haneke

19. Taylor Momsen and the Kuchar Brothers

20. Natalie Portman and Mel Gibson