In 2011, John Abraham played ACP Yashvardhan Singh in Nishikant Kamat's Force, which achieved success at the box office. He reprised the role in Force 2 alongside Sonakshi Sinha in 2016. Seven years later, John Abraham acquired the franchise rights from producer Vipul Shah, with the intention of rebooting the series. According to reports from Pinkvilla, he has been silently working on Force 3 for the past two years and is also preparing to start filming for it. As per sources close to the development, John Abraham has roped in Bhav Dhulia to direct Force 3.