Los Angeles 2013
In 1996, the script to "Ghosts of Mars" originally started off as a potential Snake Plissken sequel. Entitled "Escape from Mars", the story would have been largely much the same; however, after "Escape from L.A." failed to make much money at the box office, the studio did not wish to make another Plissken movie. Snake Plissken was then changed to "Desolation Williams," and the studio also insisted that Ice Cube be given the part.