Shinji begins school at Tokyo-3 and meets classmates Toji Suzuhara, Kensuke Aida, and Hikari Horaki

Shinji wakes up in the hospital after defeating Sachiel, with no memory of the fight against the Angel the night before

The jaar is 2015, 15 years after the first disastrous contact with the mysterious beings known as Angels resulted in the global cataclysm known as seconde Impact which wiped out half of the human race

From what I have read on different forums the movie is supposed to have a budget on 120 million dollars. Currently they are at the stage of choosing a director.