Johnny Cage
In contrast to its predecessor, which was a box office success and marginally well-received, "Annihilation" was critically panned and failed at the box office. The film is considered to be the one of the worst films ever made. As a result, development of the planned third installment halted and never progressed beyond pre-production. In July 2009, actors Chris Casamassa (Scorpion) and Linden Ashby (Johnny Cage) separately announced that they would be reprising their respective roles from the original film, with Casamassa additionally claiming that filming would begin in September of that year, but the project did not commence production.