Mick Jagger's production company, Jagged Films, has made a deal with Paramount to develop "Swap," a comedy about a rock star (possibly played by the singer himself) and a roadie who switch places. This is just one of the films the Renaissance Mick has in development; another one is a Disney opus cowritten with (and possibly directed by) Martin Scorsese that takes place in the rock industry during the past 30 years.

Jagger isn't the only musician bouncing between stadium stages and movie sets:

The first film from Michael Stipe's Single Cell Pictures, "Velvet Goldmine," about a fictional 1970s glam-rock band, opens on Nov. 6. The R.E.M. frontman's company also recently wrapped "Being John Malkovich," an odd comedy about people who gain access to the titular actor's brain.

U2's Bono has gone visual, producing, cowriting, and potentially acting in "The Million Dollar Hotel," a detective mystery directed by Wim Wenders and starring Mel Gibson that will begin filming later this year. Bono is also joining the rest of his band in "Entropy," about a director whose love life falls apart while he films a U2 documentary. (The film, which wrapped in June, was directed by "Rattle and Hum" helmer Phil Joanou and is said to be loosely based on his experiences with that project.)

Hitmakers Garth Brooks and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds recently announced that they'd team up to produce "The Lamb" for Paramount, about the effect that a superstar musician (played by the big-hatted one) has on an unstable female fan. Brooks has been flirting with films for the last five years, including getting development deals with both Disney and Fox. Edmonds produced last year's "Soul Food."

Pete Townshend is talking about his an-an-animation, currently coproducing the full-length cartoon "The Iron Giant" for Warner Bros., based on songs from his 1989 album, "The Iron Man."

And a group of real-life cartoons are also dabbling in film: Gene Simmons is producing "Detroit Rock City," which stars Simmons and his original Kiss bandmates as themselves in a comedy about two teens -- Edward Furlong ("Pecker") and Natasha Lyonne ("The Slums of Beverly Hills") -- who fight to get inside a sold-out Kiss concert.