Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh are to star in a tentpole movie ‘Mayday,’ for Apple Original Films and SkyDance.

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley will take the helm on the picture which is based on an original pitch from Goldstein and Daley.

Plot details for the feature are currently being kept under lock and key.

The film will be produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger alongside Reynolds, Ashley Fox, Johnny Pariseau and Patrick Gooing for Maximum Effort. In addition to writing and directing, Goldstein and Daley will serve as producers. Carin Sage will oversee the project for Skydance.

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Reynolds is currently back in his black and red tight lycra suit filming ‘Deadpool 3’ for Marvel Studios. His next project to hit the public will be the Paramount movie ‘Imaginary Friends’ which is set to bow next year.

Branagh will next be seen in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer,’ opening in July.  September also sees him star in and direct ‘A Haunting in Venice,’ the latest instalment in his Agatha Christie trilogy for Disney, in which he reprises his role of Hercule Poirot opposite Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Dornan.