Cika wannan magana: A watan Afrilu na 2007, darektan ya nemi ya jagoranci fim din da ya danganci rubutun Dustin Lance Black, yayin da a lokaci guda, darektan Bryan Singer ke bunkasa "The Mayor of Castro Street", wanda ya kasance a cikin jahannama. A watan Satumba mai zuwa, an sanya Sean Penn don taka rawa Harvey Milk kuma an sanya Matt Damon don taka rawa mai kashe Milk, Dan White. Damon ya janye daga baya a watan Satumba saboda rikice-rikicen jadawalin. A watan Nuwamba, Focus Features ya ci gaba da samar da Van Sant, "Milk", yayin da aikin Singer ya shiga cikin matsala tare da
yajin aikin marubuta. A watan Disambar 2007, 'yan wasan kwaikwayo Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, da James Franco sun shiga "Milk", tare da Brolin ya maye gurbin Damon a matsayin Dan White. "Milk" ya fara yin fim a wuri a San Francisco a cikin Janairu 2008.