MUMBAI: After Raaz and Raaz 2, Vikram Bhatt returns to Vishesh Films to take up the direction of their next film Raaz 3. He had last helmed Footpath in 2003 for the production banner.

So enthused is Bhatt about the project that he has decided to release Raaz 3 on 6 July next year. Accordingly, the Bhatts are making all kinds of preparations to launch the film that is scheduled to roll on 15 January next year.

Bhatt has even gone ahead and announced the cast of his film. It will star Emraan Hashmi, Jacqueline Fernandez and Bipasha Basu, who will make a comeback in the Bhatt camp after reportedly turning down a lead role in Murder 2.

Having started his career in 1992 with the production house‘s Jaanam, he went on to do four more films with it until after 2003 when he had a fall out with Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt.