 When Cannon ran into financial trouble in October 1986, Pyun was asked to shelve "Alex Rain" temporarily and to focus instead on helping Cannon salvage its over-budget and incomplete adventure film "Journey to the Center of the Earth".After this he focused on other projects, most notably the film "Cyborg" (1989).Pyun returned to "Alex Rain" in 1991, after making the virtual reality film "Arcade" for Full Moon Entertainment.