Apple TV has revealed a trailer and date for upcoming Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh film Mayday

The film will premiere globally on Apple TV on September 4, 2026.

What do we know about Mayday

The press release tells us the film is:

a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head

If we skip the hyperbole, we learn:

When hotshot 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?

The film is co-directed, written and produced by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (who co-directed Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves). The film is produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, and Maximum Effort’s Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau. Executive producers are Maximum Effort’s Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey (Welcome to Wrexham), alongside John G Scotti. And yes, the list of actors is increasingly overshadowed by the list of involved parties.

Here’s the trailer: