Buzz is that the much awaited release of 'Dhoom: 3' has now been shifted to 2013. An official report from the banner Yash Raj Films says that this change has been done keeping in view with various production and post-production considerations.

Says the report, "While the shoot begins from end-November 2011, we anticipate a demanding 10 to 11 months of intense shooting with concurrent post-production, which will stretch beyond. This will probably be cutting it too fine for a Christmas 2012 release.

Following this and keeping the interest of the audience expectations from 'Dhoom: 3', both Aditya Chopra and Vijay Krishna Acharya (Victor) in consultation with Aamir, have decided to delay the release of the film to 2013."

Speaking about this, Victor said, "Dhoom: 3 is very dear to all of us as well as to its audience who expect only the best from the franchise. While the shooting will finish in time, we expect the post-production to take much longer. We are trying our best to give one of the finest cinematic experiences to our discerning audience and therefore did not want to compromise the quality of the film just to meet the release date."

Produced by Aditya Chopra, 'Dhoom: 3' will be written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, who has written Dhoom 1 & 2. He has also written and directed 'Tashan'.

Both Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra will continue in their now iconic roles of Jai Dixit and Ali.

So folks, look forward to 'Dhoom: 3' in 2013!