Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh’s Mayday first look OUT; Apple TV action comedy to premiere on September 4

Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in Mayday

• Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in Mayday, out Sept 4 on Apple TV.
• Mayday is a Cold War spy thriller with a buddy comedy twist
• First-look photo shows Reynolds and Branagh lying on snow after a failed mission

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Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds is gearing up for his upcoming film, Mayday, and the makers have recently sent the fans into a frenzy with the release of the first-look photo during its press day in Santa Monica on Tuesday.

Ryan will star alongside Kenneth Branagh in the Apple TV film.

The official social media handle of Apple TV shared the first look of the film with the caption, “Mayday. Coming September 4 to Apple TV. A new action comedy movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh.”

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In the first look picture, tired Ryan and Kenneth were seen lying on the snow, it seems like they have fallen from a height.

Described as a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that turns the spy thriller on its head, the film will debut on the streamer on September 4.

At the height of the Cold War, hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (played by Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory, but the operation fails, and he is left stranded behind enemy lines.

Troy believes he is doomed after being found by Nikolai Ustinov (Branagh), a tough former KGB agent who enjoys American culture. However, could an odd alliance between the two result in Troy's rescue and a friendship neither of them anticipated?

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The ensemble cast is completed by David Morse, Maria Bakalova, and Marcin Dorocinski. Written, directed, and produced by Jonathan Goldstein (who most recently directed Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves) and John Francis Daley, Mayday is an Apple original from David Ellison's Skydance Media.

The film is a part of Skydance's first-look agreement with Apple, which previously produced the action-comedy Ghosted starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, the Mark Wahlberg film The Family Plan, and the genre-bending The Gorge starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy.

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Ryan Reynolds, who is also an executive producer on the movie, last appeared in Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024. Branagh has recently concentrated on directing, most recently in Belfast, Death on the Nile, and A Haunting in Venice, but he also starred in Oppenheimer.