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Charlotte Everett

Channing Tatum gives racy first look at Magic Mike Last Dance and announces release date

Salma Hayek can be seen rubbing Channing Tatum's abs in first look at Magic Mike Last Dance.

The duo have taken to their Instagram pages to share a teaser of the film which is set to be released early next year.

The snap shows Salma sat down with her eyes closed while Channing guides her in touching his impressive physique.

Magic Mike's Last Dance is the third film in the series.

Alongside the photo, Salma wrote: "A tease of what’s to come in theaters this Valentine’s Day weekend. You’re not going to want to miss #MagicMikesLastDance."

Meanwhile, lead actor Channing proudly posted the same photo to his Instagram page as well.

The pair posted a sneak peek of the film (Channing Tatum/twitter)

He captioned his post: "All good things begin in Miami. #MagicMikesLastDance in theaters Valentine’s Day weekend. And #MagicMikeLive’s @mmltour is open now!"

Speaking back in February to PEOPLE, Channing said he wanted the upcoming film to be 'the Super Bowl of stripping'.

He said: "I want dancing like we've never been able to do in the other two movies, because we had to be honest to what the reality of that world is, which isn't great dancing."

Channing also said it was important to have a good female lead.

He added: "I want to have an equal, if not even more centralized female character for Mike to really play off of and almost to. I don't want to say, [to have her] take the baton, but really let the movie be about a female's experience and not Mike's experience, because it has been so much about Mike and the guys' experiences.

"These movies are very, very female-forward. At least that is our intention."

Salma, who replaced Thandiwe Newton is the role and has reflected on the challenge of the character.

She said: "Look, I'm not going to complain. On an average day, I had to work with 12 strippers. Not one, not two — 12. It was still hard work."

The actress then went on to praise Channing for his dancing skills.

The star added: "If you thought he could dance [before], you are going to realize you haven't seen anything. His dance skills — he just got better."

Salma is playing the female lead (Samir Hussein/WireImage)

This comes after Channing admitted he almost didn't return for the third installment of the film series.

He revealed how the long and hard fitness regime was a very tough slog this time around.

Speaking on The Kelly Clarkson Show, he explained that he didn't feel his body was quite right to take on the stripper role for Magic Mike's Last Dance.

He said: " It’s hard even if you do work out to be in that kind of shape. You have to starve yourself. I don’t think when you’re that lean, it’s actually healthy for you."

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