According to Stephen Denait, initially Charlie had to play a major role in Sicvel - the first version of the scenario did not include any new characters, in the center of the plot there was precisely Riley, Hero Hannema. The finished scenario has already approved the leadership of the studio Legendary, and then suddenly it turned out that Charlie subscribed to another project - the criminal drama "Mothera", and because of the conflict of schedules to play in the Sicle "Pacific Rise" could not. Therefore, the creators of Sicvel had to completely redo the script and remove Riley.
"I would like to see him in the third film," said Denait. "I love Charlie very much, he is a wonderful person and I was very sorry that in this film he could not join us."
"I really hope that the third film will still remove - with me without me. It seems to me that this franchise deserves in order to get a decent ending, but let's see what will be. "
For reference: the first "Pacific Light" with Charlie Hannem, Idris Elbe, Rinko Kikuti collected $ 411 million at a budget in 190 million. "Pacific 2" was removed for 150 million, and at the box office he earned 290.