Tim McGraw photo by Danny Clinch, courtesy of Curb Records.

He’s touring, he’s finished work on a movie and has yet another on the way. Now Tim McGraw’s been added to the lineup for a concert TV special and there’s speculation that he — or another of his fellow country stars — could become the halftime entertainment at next year’s Super Bowl.

Fitting in more recording sessions might be difficult, but you can bet Tim will be doing that, too.

Earlier this year, Tim joined Gwyneth Paltrow in shooting the movie Love Don’t Let Me Down in Nashville, flying back to Music City on occasion to work partial days before flying back out for concert dates in the evening. Next up on his film agenda is Dirty Girl, according to Variety. Shooting has already begun in Los Angeles with a cast that includes William H. Macy plus a couple of other stars who’ve been in a picture with Tim before: Dwight Yoakam and Mary Steenburgen took part, along with Tim, in the 2008 release Four Christmases.

Also on Tim’s agenda is a taping for “Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years.” The bulk of the concert will be shot April 10 in Connecticut with Smokey Robinson, Dolly Parton, Sheena Easton, Alison Krauss, Wynonna Judd, Lionel Richie, Chris Isaak and the Oak Ridge Boys. Tim will add his performance from a remote location, as will Darius Rucker and Billy Currington.

Amid all of that, there’s talk that Tim might be a strong candidate for the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show next year. In the wake of this year’s performance by The Who, Fox executives are leaning away from a classic-rock act. According to USA Today, six artists have been floated thus far as possibilities for the 2011 show and four of them are country: Tim, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn and Garth Brooks. The two other targets have had country hits: Jimmy Buffett and Bon Jovi.

Of course, all of Tim’s activities and future potential are fueled by the public recognition of his music, and the business end of that career is reaching a turning point. Each of Tim’s hits over the last 16 years have come with Curb Records, but his contract with the label runs out after one more album, The Vancouver Sun reports. And that would likely make it possible for him to do a duet album with wife Faith Hill.

They haven’t done one thus far because of “labels and all these things,” Tim said. “Once we clear the woods a little bit, we’ll [record an album], for sure.”

In the meantime, Tim wraps up a concert swing through Canada Tuesday night in Winnipeg. Also on the bill: Lady Antebellum and the Lost Trailers.

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