A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2007, darektan ya nemi ya jagorantar tarihin rayuwa bisa ga rubutun Dustin Lance Black, yayin da a lokaci guda, darektan Bryan Singer ke bunkasa Magajin gari na Castro Street, wanda ya kasance a cikin jahannama. A watan Satumba na gaba, an haɗa Sean Penn don taka rawa Harvey Milk da Matt Damon an haɗa shi don taka rawa mai kisan Milk, Dan White. Damon ya janye daga baya a watan Satumba saboda rikice-rikice na tsarawa. 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 Disamba na shekara ta 2007, 'yan wasan kwaikwayo Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, da James Franco sun shiga Milk, tare da maye gurbin Damon White a matsayin Dan Milk.
Bryan Singer (Mai Rubuta Labarai)