Not sure if Ryan Reynolds can charm his way out of this one. Apple Original Films has dropped the first trailer for Mayday, the upcoming action-buddy-comedy starring Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh ahead of its September 4 bow on Apple TV.
In the pic, when hot shot 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?
“You are now crossing Soviet airspace,” a stern voice is heard at the beginning of the trailer. Cut to Reynolds’ Kelly tied to a bed. “Oh good, you have not died,” says Branagh’s Nikolai. “Who are you?”, asks Reynolds, adding “Why am I tied to the bed?” Nikolai replies, “So you would not move during the surgery.”
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“Surgery, what surgery”, asks Kelly. “In your leg, I repaired an artery,” says Nikolai. “You screamed a lot, but that is my fault, because I don’t have proper anesthesia,” he admits.
Cast also includes Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova and David Morse.
The Apple Original Film from Skydance Media is written, directed and produced by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will produce for Skydance, alongside Maximum Effort’s Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau. Reynolds and George Dewey will also produce through Maximum Effort, along with John G. Scotti, serve as executive producers.
Check out the trailer above.
