The Dengeki Hobby Web site revealed on Sunday that the Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale anime film will premiere in over 150 theaters in Japan.
The film will open in Japan next spring, and Aniplex confirmed that the movie will be released overseas.
Tomohiko Ito is returning from the two TV anime series and the anime special to direct the film at A-1 Pictures.
Shingo Adachi is also returning from the TV anime to design the characters based on abec’s original character designs, and Yuki Kajiura is returning to score the music.