Arnold Schwarzenegger's $261M Sci-Fi Was Supposed To Get A Sequel, But It Became A Tom Cruise & Steven Spielberg Movie Instead

Although Total Recallnever received a sequel, at one point, the future Steven Spielberg sci-fi film Minority Report was almost a follow-up to this Arnold Schwarzenegger classic. As a film based on the short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick, it’s not surprising that the Total Recall filmmakers looked to other writings from that American sci-fi visionary for sequel inspiration. While this didn’t end up happening, it’s a fascinating Hollywood what-if to imagine how things would have panned out differently if Schwarzenegger reprised his role as Douglas Quaid in this futuristic story of surveillance.