{"id":2505260,"date":"2026-07-16T22:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2505260"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:12:01","slug":"ryan-reynolds-stars-as-shot-down-navy-pilot-rescued-by-ex-kgb-agent-in-apple-tvs-mayday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ryan-reynolds-stars-as-shot-down-navy-pilot-rescued-by-ex-kgb-agent-in-apple-tvs-mayday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reynolds stars as shot-down Navy pilot rescued by ex-KGB agent in Apple TV+\u2019s \u2018Mayday\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-2743f4ba-63cf-38f7-ba6d-e48cbcea3983\">\n<div class=\"flex items-start justify-between w-full mt-[7px] mb-4 flex-row\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center space-x-2.5\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Fox News;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative h-full\"><img alt=\"Fox News\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"524\" height=\"100\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/hermes.media.static.aol.com\/logos\/light\/aol_fox_news_articles_947.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col border-l border-gray-400 ml-4 pl-2.5\" style=\"border-left-width:1px\"><span class=\"text-[.923em] text-[#808080] font-semibold leading-[19px]\">Wed, July 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM UTC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-cover\">\n<div style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/hermes.media.static.aol.com\/media\/2026\/07\/15\/2743f4ba-63cf-38f7-ba6d-e48cbcea3983\/3399e89b-fa2e-4fac-b4f6-62acf48b98ee.png\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-body\">\n<p>Apple TV&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/movies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">new movie<\/a> &#8220;Mayday&#8221; looks awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Basic info:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Plot: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh team up in &#8220;Mayday,&#8221; a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy &#8220;Assassin&#8221; 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\u2019s toast \u2014 but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy\u2019s rescue and a bond neither saw coming?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Cast: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Release date: September 4, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/outkick-culture\/netflix-releases-bone-chilling-preview-new-thriller-series-find-starring-sam-worthington\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Netflix Releases Bone-chilling Preview For New Thriller Series &#8216;I Will Find You&#8217; Starring Sam Worthington<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple TV released the trailer for &#8220;Mayday&#8221; on Tuesday, and it took no time at all for it to start making waves online.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not hard to understand why. A Cold War action-comedy with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh is absolutely going to draw serious interest.<\/p>\n<p>Judging from the trailer, fans are in for a very fun time with &#8220;Mayday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>Read On The Fox News App<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click Here For More Sports Coverage On Foxnews.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the preview starring Reynolds and Branagh below, and let me know your thoughts at <strong>David.Hookstead@outkick.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A Cold War action-comedy with Ryan Reynolds playing a shot down American pilot evading capture in the Soviet Union?<\/p>\n<p>Say no more. I&#8217;m absolutely sold, and I love the fact the Soviet guy who finds him loves the USA. Realistic? Not at all, but it is a fun concept.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a further sign that there&#8217;s been a serious <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">vibe shift in entertainment<\/a> away from slop and towards stuff that is actually entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>You can catch &#8220;Mayday&#8221; on Apple TV starting September 4th. Make sure to let me know your thoughts on the trailer at <strong>David.Hookstead@outkick.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Original article source:<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-culture\/ryan-reynolds-stars-navy-pilot-rescued-ex-kgb-agent-apple-tv-mayday\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Reynolds stars as shot-down Navy pilot rescued by ex-KGB agent in Apple TV+\u2019s \u2018Mayday\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wed, July 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM UTC Apple TV&#8217;s new movie &#8220;Mayday&#8221; looks awesome. Basic info: Plot: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh team up in &#8220;Mayday,&#8221; a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy &#8220;Assassin&#8221; Kelly (Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2505261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2505260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ryan-Reynolds-stars-as-shot-down-Navy-pilot-rescued-by-ex-KGB.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2505262,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505260\/revisions\/2505262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2505261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}