Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh team up in “Mayday,” a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. When hot shot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation implodes, leaving him stranded behind enemy lines. Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov (Branagh), a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he’s toast – but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy’s rescue, and a bond neither saw coming?
Mayday | Starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh
Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in Mayday, an action-packed buddy comedy and spy thriller premiering globally on Apple TV+ on September 4, 2026.
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- Updated: July 14, 2026
- By: Creators Faire Editorial
WHO
Directors: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova, David Morse
Writers: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Producers: David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Ashley Fox, Johnny Pariseau, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley
WHERE
Apple TV
