Cameron Boyce was to appear in the movie before his death on July 6, 2019. Boyce would have reunited with his former co-stars Peyton List and Karan Brar from Disney Channel's Jessie (2011) and "Descendants", as well as his former co-stars from Grown Ups (2010) and Grown Ups 2 (2013). The movie is dedicated to him.
Hubie has a poster of Burt Reynolds from Smokey and the Bandit (1977) in his room as tribute to the late actor who starred alongside him in The Longest Yard (2005).
On Oct. 15, 2020, Boston TV station WHDH announced that reporter Alaina Pinto had been fired after appearing in this film as a news reporter because it violated her exclusive contract with the station.