The site for spring 2017’s Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale anime movie have published a statement concerning the VRMMORPG fantasy/sci-fi series live-action TV adaptation.
Reki Kawahara’s comments:I am excited and moved that ‘Sword Art Online’ will be adapted into a live action series by the highly respected Skydance Media.
This will be SAO’s first foray into live-action TV and is described as being “developed as a TV series based on the storyline of the original series.”