Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-749631-20151008185841

Certain Japanese users who have obtained the latest issue of the Dengeki Bunko MAGZINE before its official released date on October 10 have posted some details about the SAO movie included in the magazine. The details are supposedly based on an interview with the original author.

Source: a Japanese blog named yaraon (http://yaraon-blog.com/archives/71067),

However, since there are a few intermediate steps in-between, it is not guaranteed that the information is entirely accurate.

For reference, a translation of the blog post (the part about the SAO movie):
 * The planning for the movie began just before the end of the second season's airing (Japanese version)
 * The movie will remain a story about Kirito and Asuna, but highlight scenes will be prepared for the other characters as well.
 * In chronological order, the movie will take place after Mother's Rosario but before the latest Alicization publication.

There was an idea to once again reboot the Aincrad arc from the first floor, but due to concerns about whether that's what the audience wanted to see, it was decided to continue the story after the Mother's Rosario arc.

Edit: Included a translation of the blog post. Rephrasing post to account for the translation and for more fluency. Gsimenas (talk) 19:44, October 8, 2015 (UTC) 