Yet, the movie focuses heavily on it.
In fact, during the main battle, Luffy doesn't even have his iconic Straw Hat on him, meaning Uta could've taken it from it as it belongs to none other than her father.
He also put out the true history videos which were an insane amount of work Like Search for something! Shanks is certainly going to appear in One Piece Film: Red - that's for certain.
Taniguchi has previously worked heavily on Code Geass and most recently served as the Director and the Storyboard artist for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection.
While on the surface, this sounds like Uta is up to something nefarious, it could also mean that she's giving her life up for some cause, which Shanks obviously won't like.
One Piece Film: Red's first teaser trailer dropped quite recently and although quite short, it was more than enough to send fans into a frenzy.