‘Super Intelligence’: James Corden to voice comedy’s AI

LATE night talk show host and the voice of Peter Rabbit in February’s US$347 million hit, James Corden, is to play an AI system on the verge of world domination in Melissa McCarthy comedy “Super Intelligence.”

With McCarthy installed as the movie’s lead, Corden is now on board as the apparent title character.

McCarthy is to play Carol Peters, a “former corporate executive whose earnest, yet unfulfilled, life is turned upside down,” Variety writes, when she is “selected for observation by ... a form of artificial intelligence that may or may not take over the world.”

The movie was written by Steve Mallory, a frequent collaborator with McCarthy and her husband, Ben Falcone, having penned 2016 film “The Boss,” produced on 2018’s “Life of the Party,” and gained acting credits for small roles in “Tammy” and “Identity Thief” as well as Falcone’s TV series “Nobodies.”

Falcone is in place to direct, with filming expected to begin in July ahead of a Dec 25 release in 2019.

British-born Corden co-created and co-starred in BBC comedy series “Gavin & Stacey,” receiving a Bafta for his performance and, following his move to host CBS’ US “Late Late Show,” has transitioned to movie roles with parts in “Trolls,” “The Emoji Movie,” and “Peter Rabbit.”

He can currently be seen in “Ocean’s 8,” with “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies,” “Small foot,” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2” due over the remainder of 2018.