Road to perdition Johnny Depp's "Public Enemies," the first movie shot in Wisconsin under the state's new film incentives, has caused a few headaches for public officials. During shooting near Columbus, about 70 miles west of Milwaukee, a road created to detour highway traffic around the set collapsed under the load. Dodge County was left with a $116,000 repair bill that it hopes to share with Universal Pictures. Maybe it's the ghost of John Dillinger wreaking havoc.

The final reel Not sure if we can wait: "Saw VI" will arrive Oct. 23. ... Gore ("Pirates of the Caribbean") Verbinski is set to direct an adaptation of the Korean thriller "The Host." ... Anna Kendrick, Bella's high-school sidekick in "Twilight," beat out Emily Blunt and Ellen Page to star in Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" alongside George Clooney. ... ABC Family will offer exclusive footage from "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" during its Potter TV marathon Dec. 5-7. ... Jackie Chan is a hapless citizen and George Lopez and Billy Ray Cyrus are CIA agents (!) in "The Spy Next Door." ... Lionsgate has acquired the rights to "More Than a Game," a documentary about NBA star LeBron James. ... Mila Kunis ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall") joins Denzel Washington in the apocalyptic thriller "The Book of Eli." ... Curtis (50 Cent) Jackson will be a "Dead Man Running" as a ruthless London loan shark.

CYNTHIA DICKISON