MUMBAI: Akshay Kumar, who recently started shooting for Yash Raj Film’s upcoming period drama, Prithviraj Chauhan's biopic titled Prithviraj, has another film under his kitty with the prestigious banner. Our sources have informed that the actor has signed on for a big-budget action-comedy that would mark the directorial debut of Rahul Rawail’s son, Shiv Rawail.

The film is currently in the scripting stage and will go on the floors towards the second half of 2020. As per sources Akshay has loved the basic premise and is very excited to kick-off this well-mounted action-comedy. After spinning on franchises like Dhoom and Tiger, YRF also announced their plans to turn War into a series with Hrithik Roshan in the lead.

The production house is known for big-budget action films and the idea is to raise the bar with every passing film in the genre. Akshay loves the action space and Aditya Chopra will be going all out in terms of spending and scale of the film.

If the character gets popular, they might even come up with a series of action films under the brand name. Shiv Rawail has worked as an assistant director on films like Dhoom 3, Fan, and Befikre.