Apple Original Films upcoming action-buddy-comedy, Mayday, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh is set to bow on September 4 on Apple TV. The studio announced the date at its Apple TV press day and also unveiled a first look image. Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova and David Morse are also on board.
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?
An Apple Original Film hailing from Skydance Media, the film is written, directed and produced by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will produce for Skydance, alongside Maximum Effort’s Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau. Reynolds and George Dewey will also produce through Maximum Effort, along with John G. Scotti, serve as executive producers.