Mayday (2026)
A friendship with major red flags.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Ryan Reynolds
as Troy Kelly
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Kenneth Branagh
as Nikolai Ustinov
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Marcin Dorociński
as Alexander Volkov
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Maria Bakalova
as Anna Ustinov
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David Morse
as Harold Kelly
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Clark Johnson
as CDR Keith Hardwick
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Wendy Crewson
as Assistant Director Karen Meadows
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Louis Cancelmi
as Maj Pete Sanders
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Josh Hamilton
as Consul General Dan Hennessy
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Alex Mallari Jr.
as Danny 'Longshot' Bowers
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Alden Adair
as James 'Mullet' Mullen
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Lovell Adams-Gray
as Tomas 'Boomer' Garcia
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John Francis Daley
as LSO
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Robert Crooks
as Air Boss #1
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Lorrie Odom
as Nurse
- Jean Bernard as Bouncer
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Vadim Kroll
as Belsky
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Andrei Kovski
as Yuri
Crew
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Jonathan Goldstein
Director
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John Francis Daley
Director
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Barry Peterson
Director of Photography
- Jamie Gross Editor
- John Lee Editor
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Colin Stetson
Original Music Composer
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Don Granger
Producer
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David Ellison
Producer
- Johnny Pariseau Producer
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Dana Goldberg
Producer
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Ashley Fox
Producer
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Jonathan Goldstein
Producer
News about Mayday
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Kenneth Branagh on Doing His Own Stunts as a KGB Operative in ‘Mayday,’ Bonding With Ryan Reynolds Over Soccer: ‘We Can Be Pretty Nerdish’
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Kenneth Branagh On Moving From Shakespeare To Action-Comedy In ‘Mayday’: “I Thought Zach Galifianakis Should Play The Part, But I Was Very Pleased They Asked Me” – Edinburgh Film Festival
Actor-director Kenneth Branagh arrived in Edinburgh to accept the festival’s inaugural Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award from festival director Paul…
