In October 2012 it was announced that Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld and Nick Nolte will star in Hateship, Loveship a film adaptation of the title story to be directed by Liza Johnson.
The feature-length directorial debut of Canadian actress Sarah Polley, the film is based on Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came over the Mountain", from the 2001 collection Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.
Hateship, Loveship is a 2013 American drama film directed by Liza Johnson and written by Mark Poirier, based on a 2001 short story Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro.