Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-11276487-20140818181748/@comment-1604252-20140823061035

RexGodwin wrote: you're thinking too much, this movie might not even be canon.

I think they are trying to follow in the steps of Dragon Ball with this whole New Era Project. The new DB movies, such as the most recent, Battle of the Gods, are confirmed cannon I believe, as the creator works very close in their development. I don't think a movie and a whole project showing the future of the characters should be taken lightly so I highly doubt this new movie is non-cannon. But I don't believe it will be used to end the series, for reasons I stated above.