Yea, I found that strange to.. espically since even the series summery claims that not even a year has passed:
Time consistency error in the anime perhaps? XD
Found a post/summary of the movie article:
"Originally Posted by Thisguy
Animation: 7Arcs
There you go I.G rumor.
Well, I don't even know how such a rumor has ever started to begin with, since if that was really the case, I'm sure 2ch threads would mention about that once or twice.
The article also says that the movie will NOT use any pre-produced animation scenes from TV 1st and will draw everything from scratch.
I'm still waiting for Megami to hit my town, which should be tomorrow, to start on Tsuduki's interviews.
However, several kind souls put up summeries on 2ch and it's something like;
Battle and action scenes are changed significantly from TV; Reason and outcome of fights will be the same, but place and how they fight will be quite different.
From the stage of writing base scenario, he's focusing on speedy-and-exciting visuals expected for a movie; especially he wants to show what a "Fight of aerial mages" should be, opposed to "Stop in mid-air, fire, fire back, repeat" of TV series.
They won't go anymore deeper about TSAB than it was in TV 1st. Since 1st is the story about Nanoha and Fate's friendship, movie will focus more on this aspect.
After going through 3 seasons, background settings have grown far larger. Their new costumes are designed with these settings up to StS in mind."
^ Seems like they're taking a try at surpassing the battles of A's
There's also a rumor floating around that Bardiche has been genderbended....
It appears the movie is going to be a retelling of the original. Good news coz I was a bit worried they would make an entirely new story instead of Fate's tragic past.
Oh and the movie is scheduled for end of this year.