The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard, a comedy set during the Napoleonic Wars, has Steve Carell in the lead role. The production should start in spring 2009.

According to Variety, Brigadier Gerard is among several films that Carell is considering; he plans to star in one or two films during his hiatus after shooting the fifth season of NBC sitcom “The Office.”

The comedy is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories in which Carell plays the title character, the bravest soldier in Napoleon’s army who is also the dumbest. Gerard follows Napoleon from his rise to power to his permanent exile.