Apple Original Films celebrates the world premiere of “Mayday” with stars Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, Maria Bakalova and more

This evening at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City, Apple Original Films hosted the world premiere for its highly anticipated buddy action comedy “Mayday.” Led by Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, and hailing from directors, writers and producers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, “Mayday” will make its global debut on Apple TV on Friday, September 4, 2026.

Attendees at the world premiere event included star and executive producer Ryan Reynolds and stars Kenneth Branagh, Maria Bakalova, Marcin Dorociński, Louis Cancelmi and Wendy Crewson, as well as directors, producers and writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, producers Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau, executive producer John G. Scotti and more. Additional attendees included cinematographer Barry Peterson, editor Jamie Gross, costume designer Debra McGuire, costume designer and composter Colin Stetson and more.

Reynolds and Branagh team up in “Mayday,” a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. 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?

An Apple Original Film hailing from Skydance Media, “Mayday” is co-directed, written and produced by Daley and Goldstein. 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 Reynolds and George Dewey, alongside John G. Scotti.

Watch “Mayday” on Apple TV.

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