Taking to Twitter, trade analyst Taran Adarsh confirmed the news. His tweet read, "BIGGG DEVELOPMENT... AYAN MUKERJI TO DIRECT 'WAR 2' FOR YRF...
However, Ayan has not shared any detail about 'War' on his social media till now.
Directed by Siddarth Anand, 'War' featured
Overwhelmed by the response, Hrithik said back then, "We wanted to make a film that raises the bar of action films in India and could truly compete with the best of action spectacles being made in the West."
"War is a genre-defining action film and I'm extremely happy for the entire cast and crew of WAR because we all have given our all and more to make this film a cut above," he added.
After the thumping success of 'Pathaan' this year, Yash Raj Films is eyeing to make their spy-universe larger. 'War 2' is surely a step taken towards that goal.