Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 2007, i whai te kaiwhakahaere ki te whakahaere i te pikitia koiora i runga i te tuhinga a Dustin Lance Black, i te wa ano, i te wa e whakawhanake ana te kaiwhakahaere Bryan Singer i te "The Mayor of Castro Street", i roto i te reinga whanaketanga. I te marama o Hepetema e whai ake nei, i whakauruhia a Sean Penn ki te takaro i a Harvey Milk a ko Matt Damon i whakauruhia ki te takaro i te kaikohuru a Milk, a Dan White. I wehe atu a Damon i te mutunga o Hepetema na te raru o te whakamahere. I te marama o Whiringa-a-rangi, ka anga whakamua a Focus Features ki te mahinga a Van Sant, "Milk", i te wa i raru ai te kaupapa a Singer me te
te patu a nga kaituhi. I te Hakihea 2007, ko nga kaiwhakaari a Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, me James Franco i uru atu ki te "Milk", me Brolin e whakakapi ana i a Damon hei Dan White. I tiimata te kiriata o "Milk" i te waahi i San Francisco i te Hanuere 2008.