Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh’s spy adventure Mayday, set 40 years into the Cold War in 1987, premieres September 4th on Apple TV.
Filmed in Montreal and Budapest, Ryan Reynolds stars as a navy pilot who, after being stranded in Russia forms an unlikely and dangerous alliance with an ex-KGB agent to survive.
When hot shot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Ryan 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 (Kenneth 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?
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Mayday:
Working title: BLACKBIRD
Montreal filming dates: March 11 2024 – June 19 2024
Writer/Directors: John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves).
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova, David Morse. Lovell Adams-Gray, Clark Johnson.
Producers: Maximum Effort, Skydance, Apple Studios.
Filming in Montreal:
Locals spotted Ryan Reynolds in the Village dressed in a white U.S. Navy uniform and his hair styled in a pompadour.
Ste-Catherine St. was transformed into a movie set , complete with palm trees and vintage cars to recreate the Gaslamp Quarter in 1980s San Diego.
They are filming a Ryan Reynolds movie in Montreal all week. Spot the @StuCowan1 byline on the newspaper props. pic.twitter.com/i6EVWSIMgU
— Samantha C. (@MsSamCam) May 2, 2024