Action Comedy

A friendship with major red flags.

Mayday (2026)

Runtime 111 min

Release date 03/09/2026

Country United States of America

Production

Skydance Media

Maximum Effort

GoldDay

Overview

When a U.S. Navy pilot on a top-secret mission during the Cold War gets trapped behind enemy lines, his only chance at survival is to form an alliance with an eccentric ex-KGB agent.

Directors & Screenwriters

Jonathan Goldstein

Director

John Francis Daley

Director

Cast

Ryan Reynolds

as Troy Kelly

Kenneth Branagh

as Nikolai Ustinov

Marcin Dorociński

as Alexander Volkov

Maria Bakalova

as Anna Ustinov

David Morse

as Harold Kelly

Clark Johnson

as CDR Keith Hardwick

Wendy Crewson

as Assistant Director Karen Meadows

Louis Cancelmi

as Maj Pete Sanders

Josh Hamilton

as Consul General Dan Hennessy

Alex Mallari Jr.

as Danny 'Longshot' Bowers

Alden Adair

as James 'Mullet' Mullen

Lovell Adams-Gray

as Tomas 'Boomer' Garcia

John Francis Daley

as LSO

Robert Crooks

as Air Boss #1

Lorrie Odom

as Nurse

Jean Bernard

as Bouncer

Vadim Kroll

as Belsky

Andrei Kovski

as Yuri

Alexander Drojjine

as Lev

Patrick Kerton

as Ivan

Arthur Holden

as Barkeep

Alex Ozerov-Meyer

as Viktor

David McKeown

as Train Car Attendant

Alexandre Sazonov

as Train Announcer
/ General Ternovyh

Elbina Oulmacheva

as Yelena

Leonid Citer

as Yevgeniy

Jacob Hanlon

as Gorgo

Mark Antony Krupa

as Dacha Guard #1

Niko Nikolov

as Dacha Guard #2

Raphael Kepinski

as Eduard Dukhov

Aleksandra Kimaeva

as Julia

Roksana Olsinskaya

as Nadia Dukhov

Nikita Olsinskiy

as Boris Dukhov

Veronica Gorbov

as Mila Dukhov

Chanel Mings

as US Embassy Staffer

Jurij Kekalo

as KGB Agent #1

János Timkó

as KGB Agent #2

Attila Halász

as KGB Agent #3

Gábor Maday

as KGB Agent #4

Roland Imre

as MAZ Driver

Elek Kőri

as MAZ Driver

Sándor Qpa Bencze

as Volkov's Police Driver

János Füzi

as Russian Policeman

Péter Fancsikai

as Airport Gate Guard

Erniel Baez

as TAO Price

Donald Sales

as Capt S. Anderton

Christian Jadah

as Operations Officer Tyler

Sophie-Thérèse Stone-Richards

as Air Boss #2

Joey Coleman

as F
/ A-18 Pilot

Jonathan Goldstein

as LT Jack Stebbins

R.F. Daley

as Congressman J. Parks

Brendan Gray

as Aircraft Handling Officer

Charlie Ågadjanian

as Singing Russian Soldier

Vassif Aliev

as Singing Russian Soldier

Valentyn Colton

as Singing Russian Soldier

Luis Escobar

as Singing Russian Soldier

Nichita Ghidulean

as Singing Russian Soldier

Alexander Peganov

as Singing Russian Soldier

Jonathan Pariente

as Singing Russian Soldier

Rhys Alexander Phillips

as Singing Russian Soldier

Antoine Nicolas

as Singing Russian Soldier

Alex Rykov

as Singing Russian Soldier

Fedor Pastoukhov

as Singing Russian Soldier

Richard Wesley Montgomery

as Singing Russian Soldier

All trailers

Action Comedy

Mayday

Official Trailer

Video: YouTube
Duration: 02:51

Did You Know?

Movie Review: Kenneth Branagh and Ryan Reynolds star in irreverent Cold War action-comedy ‘Mayday’ — Image via telegraphherald.com,

Kenneth Branagh swaps villainy for laughs as a lovably goofy ex‑KGB agent in the new Apple TV+ comedy “Mayday”.

Ryan Reynolds teams up with Sir Kenneth Branagh for the Apple TV+ comedy “Mayday,” where a U.S. Navy pilot’s crash‑landing in a remote forest sets off a wildly off‑beat adventure. Branagh, who has built a niche playing Russian characters—from the ruthless oligarch in “Tenet” to the scheming industrialist in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”—gets a fresh spin on the accent. In “Mayday” he portrays Nikolai Ustinov, a former KGB operative who has retreated to a solitary life in the woods, yet remains oddly enthusiastic about the United States. The film leans into the absurdity of Ustinov’s situation: a lone ex‑spy, a crashed Navy pilot, and the inevitable clash of cultures that fuels the comedy. With Reynolds’ signature humor and Branagh’s unexpected comedic timing, “Mayday” promises a quirky, high‑octane romp for streaming audiences.

telegraphherald.com