Info points from the official press release:
"-To the Moon's animated feature film project is now confirm.
-It will be a collaborative project between Japan (main production) and China (main funding).
-First tier Japanese animation production companies are aboard (specifics to be announced in the coming future).
-The film project was made possible in partnership with Beijing's Ultron Event Horizon, whose CEO, Danyang Zhao, was responsible for bringing the animated film "Your Name" to China.
-Significant budget for the project has been cleared (quoted as somewhere above the budget for the production of Your Name, for reference).
-The original creator of To the Moon, Kan Gao, will play a part in the script editing/advising process.
-Freebird Games continues to create narrative-driven games with Kan fully committed. The production for the next Freebird game project has already begun, and is quoted to be 'quite bonkers.'"
