First still from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

Source: RopeofSilicon.net

USA Today debuted the pic you see to the right serving as the first officially released image from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I. I am sure I will have a hi-res version in the next couple of days from Warner Bros. and wouldn't be surprised if they offered a couple more in conjunction. Then again, that could just be my wishful thinking.

Along with the image, director David Yates said the first part is "going to feel very real" in comparison with the six previous Potter features. "We're going for a vérité approach. Being away from Hogwarts, they're like these three refugees on the run. They're out in the big bad world, facing real danger, unguarded by those wonderful benign wizards at Hogwarts. They don't have a home to go to. We're kind of pulling away from the magic a bit and bringing more reality to it."

On top of this news, the "naked" part of the headline comes via a Video Business interview located by The Leaky Cauldron. In it Yates discusses a scene fans will remember from the seventh book in which the Horcrux locket causes Ron (Rupert Grint) to imagine his worst fears as they play upon his insecurities and emotions, it is in this scene Daniel Radcliffe playing Harry Potter will show a bit of skin.

In one scene, "a horcrux [carrying a piece of Voldemort's soul] defends itself by producing nightmarish visions, and one shows Hermione and Harry embracing and kissing," explained Yates. "It's something intriguing and sensual for Rupert to react to, and Dan will be bare for that."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I hits theaters on November 19, 2010 with Part II arriving on July 15, 2011. Personally I can't wait and I am anxious to get my hands on the upcoming December 8 Blu-ray release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.