He will join stars Keira Knightley, Adam Levine, Mark Ruffalo, and Hailee Steinfeld in Can A Song Save Your Life, to be directed by John Carney.

He will also star as Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts in One Chance, to be directed by David Frankel.

Corden won the Tony Award for his current starring role in One Man, Two Guvnors at Broadway's Music Box Theatre, and previously appeared on Broadway in The History Boys.