Empire has premiered the first official image from director Sam Mendes’ Skyfall, the eagerly awaited 23rd James Bond film. It’s a striking still, to be sure, but an unlikely choice: Who’d have thought the first studio-approved photo from the 50th-anniversary Bond movie would be of star Daniel Craig in a Speedo, his back turned to the camera, lounging at a pool?

Skyfall, which arrives in the United Kingdom Oct. 26 and in the United States Nov. 9, also stars Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Albert Finney, Bérénice Marlohe, Naomie Harris, Helen McCrory and Javier Bardem.