Apple Original Films has released the trailer for Mayday, a new Cold War buddy action-comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh. The film is directed, written and produced by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, whose previous collaborations include Game Night and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Reynolds also serves as executive producer through his Maximum Effort banner.
Directors Daley and Goldstein described the film as a spiritual successor to the buddy comedies of the 1980s, saying in a statement, “The buddy films of the 1980s were a bizarre and enticing blend of humor, danger and genuine heart. Maydayis our ode to this genre, with the unlikely pairing of Ryan Reynolds and Sir Kenneth Branagh in a Cold War adventure that explores what it means to be patriotic, but ultimately what it means to be human.”
What is ‘Mayday’ about?
According to the official description, the film follows Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Reynolds), a hotshot U.S. Navy pilot 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?”
Who stars in ‘Mayday’?
Alongside Reynolds and Branagh, the cast includes Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova and David Morse. Daley and Goldstein direct, write and produce alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger for Skydance Media and Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau for Maximum Effort.
When does ‘Mayday’ premiere?
Mayday premieres Sept. 4 on Apple TV.
Watch the trailer below:
Featured image photo credit: Apple TV
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