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During the late 1990s, Jonathan Frakes was set to direct a sequel for Dimension Pictures but the budget eventually became too big. Although Arnold Schwarzenegger had not officially been signed on, Frakes did say he would make the film with or without him.

When asked at a UK convention in 2006 about any existing possibility that the sequel could still be made, Frakes optimistically replied, "maybe someday(!)".

Frakes also agreed that one theory was that Minority Report (2001) was a sequel of sorts in that it was set in the same universe as Total Recall (1990) and that the three Cognatives (from Minority Report) were in fact psychic mutants from Mars.

In 1999, there was a television series named Total Recall 2070 was ment to be set in the same universe as Total Recall; however, the show had far more similarities with the Blade Runner movie (also inspired by a Philip K. Dick story) than Verhoeven's film. The two-hour series pilot, released in VHS and DVD for the North American market, borrowed footage from the film, such as the space cruiser arriving on Mars.

It was recently announced that plans for a remake were moving forward.

The film was edited by the filmakers to get an R rating although it is unknown whether this footage exists anymore, taken from the alternate versions section:

Benny's death is optically cropped to remove the exiting drill erupting from his stomach.

The innocent bystander used as a shield was bloodier before trimming.

The stabbing of Helm in the bar had the bowie knife slicing up his stomach. Stills of this were actually featured in Fangoria magazine at the time of the film's release.

Several shots of the scientists being killed by Quaid after he breaks free from the implant-machine were shortened.

The scene of Richter's arms being severed was shortened.