According to sources Asin along with Kamal Hassan, Mohanlal and Hiroyuki Sanada, the famous Japanese actor who played a significant role in The Last Samurai will act in Rush Hour III. Directed by Bharath Bala of Vande Mataram music album fame, the movie will have A.R. Rahman scoring for it. Yet another important feature of the project is that M. T. Vasudevan Nair, one of the eminent Indian writers in the contemporary Indian literature writes script.