The Legend of Homer Parker

The Legend of Homer Parker is a 2024 American musical epic family action-adventure romantic comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Matt Groening and George R. R. Martin. The film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, features an ensemble cast including Will Ferrell, Sarah Silverman, Robert Downey Jr., Amy Poehler, Danny DeVito, Diane Keaton, Glenn Close, Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Christina Applegate, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Parsons, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Keegan-Michael Key, Jim Carrey, John Leguizamo, Josh Gad, John Lithgow, Meryl Streep, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, John Malkovich, Kelsey Grammer, Yeardley Smith, Bradley Cooper, Tina Fey, Peter Dinklage, Patton Oswalt, Ryan Reynolds, Christina Hendricks, Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlie Day, Christopher Lloyd, and Harry Shearer. The movie takes place in the fictional city of Hill City, California.

The Legend of Homer Parker is scheduled to be released on Disney+ on August 20, 2024.

Cast

 * Christopher Lloyd as
 * Will Ferrell as
 * Sarah Silverman as
 * Amy Poehler as
 * Danny DeVito as
 * Diane Keaton as
 * Glenn Close as
 * Sam Rockwell as
 * Robert Downey Jr. as
 * Christina Applegate as
 * Jim Gaffigan as
 * Matthew McConaughey as
 * Charlize Theron as
 * Jim Parsons as
 * Jim Carrey as
 * Billy Crystal as
 * John Goodman as
 * Keegan-Michael Key as
 * Marc Maron as
 * Awkwafina as
 * Craig Robinson as
 * Anthony Ramos as
 * John Leguizamo as
 * Josh Gad as
 * John Lithgow as
 * Meryl Streep as
 * Jack Black as
 * Neil Patrick Harris as
 * John Malkovich as
 * Kelsey Grammer as
 * Yeardley Smith as
 * Bradley Cooper as
 * Tina Fey as
 * Peter Dinklage as
 * Patton Oswalt as
 * Ryan Reynolds as
 * Christina Hendricks as
 * Will Arnett as
 * Maya Rudolph as
 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as
 * Charlie Day as
 * Harry Shearer as
 * Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Wolfgang Schaeffer, Jahzir Bruno, Lexi DiBenedetto, Dora Dolphin, Sophia Woodward, Catherine Ashmore Bradley, Morgan McGill, Aubin Bradley, Mia Allan, Ella Allan, Lexi Janicek, and Charlotte Ann Tucker as

Soundtrack
Alan Silvestri, a recurring collaborator of Zemeckis', composed the score for the film. Silvestri and Glen Ballard wrote songs from many movies, TV shows, and stage shows, most of which are performed diegetically for the project.

Trivia

 * Filming took place at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in Midtown Manhattan.
 * Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, and Anthony Ramos portray the five main villains of the movie, alluding to their roles in The Bad Guys (2022), where they play criminals, but unlike that film, they didn't redeem themselves. This movie marks the five actors' first time together since said movie.
 * Billy Crystal and John Goodman portray the main duo in the movie, alluding to their roles as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc. (2001), Monsters University (2013), and Monsters at Work (2021).
 * Matt Groening states in the audio commentary that he was actually worried that people would think Katie playing "Amazing Grace" on a kazoo as the coffin containing Mayor Osborn is lowered into a vat of acid during the Bad Guys' funeral for Homer (who they believed has died from the exploding gift they gave him) was sacrilegious, but nothing came out of it.
 * The tune was performed by Awkwafina, Katie's actress, in one take. The audio commentary states that it was fortunate that Awkwafina was able to complete the song in one take, as immediately after that, she and the remainder of the cast also broke into uncontrollable laughter, and "we'd have never gotten a second take of it".
 * According to Awkwafina in an interview, Katie playing the kazoo is a parody of the funeral for Mr. Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.