US EditionRyan Reynolds Buddy Comedy ‘Mayday’ From Apple Sets September Release Date
- On Tuesday, Apple announced Mayday will premiere September 4 on Apple TV and unveiled a first-look image starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh.
- Produced under Skydance Media with backing from Maximum Effort, Mayday is written, directed and produced by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, with producers David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger.
- Reynolds' character is introduced as Lieutenant Troy "Assassin" Kelly, a stranded pilot from a Cold War mission who forms an unlikely alliance with ex-KGB agent Nikolai Ustinov.
- Apple positions Mayday as a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that bolsters Apple TV+'s 2026 slate and is part of Skydance's first-look deal.
- The cast also includes Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova and David Morse; Mayday does not yet have a trailer, and one report incorrectly listed a 2006 premiere date.
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