A couple of months ago we reported on a bit of controversy over whether Matt Bomer lost out on playing a live-action Superman because he was gay, with some saying he did, while others suggested he was dropped when the director on the project changed and it had nothing to do with his sexuality.

However Matt has got a bit of a consolation prize as he’s voicing the Man Of Steel in the animated Superman: Unbound, and now TV Guide has posted the first pics from the film, which is due to go straight to DVD video and on-demand. Unfortunately the pics aren’t very big but you can see then above and below.

Bomer voices Superman, while – as pictured below – Stana Katic and Molly Quinn play Superman’s girlfriend, Lois Lane, and cousin, Kara (aka Supergirl). There film also features Fringe’s John Noble as the villainous Brainiac.

Based on a 2008 storyline by Geoff Johns, Superman: Unbound, ‘pits the Man of Steel against Brainiac, an alien who attacks planets, shrinks one city small enough to fit in a bottle, then destroys the rest of the planet.’ Superman is also having difficulty with the women in his life, as he worries about the danger he put Lois in, and becomes overprotective of his cousin.

Sirector/supervising producer James Tucker commented on Bomer that, “He had a jovial energy that was a little counter to what we usually do with Superman. But he also had that decency in his voice that Superman really needs no matter which way you go with him.”

No UK release date has been confirmed for Superman: Unbound, but it reaches the US this Spring.