Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'April 2007, onye nduzi ahụ chọrọ iduzi ihe nkiri ahụ dabeere na edemede nke Dustin Lance Black dere, n'otu oge ahụ, onye nduzi Bryan Singer nọ na-emepe "The Mayor of Castro Street", nke nọ na hel mmepe. Ka ọ na-erule Septemba na-esote, Sean Penn nọ na-arụ ọrụ Harvey Milk na Matt Damon nọ na-arụ ọrụ igbu Milk, Dan White. Damon hapụrụ ọrụ n'ọnwa Septemba n'ihi nsogbu oge. Ka ọ na-erule ọnwa Nọvemba, Focus Features gara n'ihu na mmepụta Van Sant, "Milk", ebe ọrụ Singer nwere nsogbu na
ndị na-ede akwụkwọ. Na Disemba 2007, ndị na-eme ihe nkiri Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, na James Franco sonyeere "Milk", na Brolin dochie Damon dị ka Dan White. "Milk" bidoro ịgba ihe nkiri na San Francisco na Jenụwarị 2008.