Bale tackles ‘Terminator’

Christian Bale was the man in the cape in the biggest film of 2008, “The Dark Knight,” but next year he steps into a new mega-franchise as John Connor, the man who fights Skynet and its legions of machines in “The Terminator” films. Director McG (“We Are Marshall”) is taking over for the fourth film in the series -- “Terminator Salvation” -- and the first that doesn’t star a certain California politician. The film is set in 2018. This scene shows Bale’s freedom fighter in the grim factory that produces his robot foes. The movie, still in post-production and co-starring Anton Yelchin and Sam Worthington, is scheduled for a May release.