Steve Carell could soon be polishing his French accent. The comic actor has been attached to "
Brigadier Gerard," MRC's period comedy about a French solider during the Napoleonic wars who is deluded about his level of bravery.
The project, which is being penned by "King of the Hill" writers John Altshuler and David Krinsky, is based on a series of short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Carell would play Etienne Gerard, a soldier who considers himself a gallant swordsman but whose actual skills often pale in comparison to his own conception of them.