The first trailer for Mayday is here, and it looks like a lot of fun. The new action-comedy is heading to Apple TV later this year and stars Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh.
The trailer opens with Reynolds' fighter pilot, Troy Kelly, being held in enemy territory after an operation goes wrong during the height of the Cold War. The person holding him hostage is Branagh's Nikolai Ustinov, who brightly informs him that he performed emergency surgery on him with limited anaesthesia.
Luckily for Kelly, ex-KGB agent Ustinov is actually something of an Americanophile, and is even sure he would love McDonald's if he tried it. The pair form something of an unlikely partnership in the action comedy as Ustinov helps Kelly escape from behind enemy lines as the Red Army hunts him down.
The first trailer looks like a lot of fun, set to a punchy soundtrack with lots of laughs. Branagh and Reynolds seem to have easy chemistry too, which should be a lot of fun to watch when the final movie arrives on Apple TV on September 4. Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova, and David Morse all also star.
Some pretty impressive names are behind the scenes, too, with the Deadpool and Wolverine producers on board and the Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein directing and producing.
Mayday is one of the projects that Apple TV will be showcasing at San Diego Comic-Con. For more, check out our guide to the San Diego Comic-Con 2026 schedule and our breakdown of all the upcoming movies you need to know about.
Mayday releases on Apple TV on September 4. For more, check out our list of the best movies on Apple TV.
