Pretty weird "coincidence" when someone with the actual last name Disney says they are making a Kimba movie...
in 1993 Roy Disney was answering questions (an AMA basically!) for Prodigy service subscribers. He said this
ARTS BB
TOPIC: ROY DISNEY
TIME: 07/19 8:23 PM
TO: JILL SAUDER (JKFG91B) FROM: ROY DISNEY (STAR99B) SUBJECT: "ROY ON MOMS"
Jill, you asked whether we had any "nice motherly figures" in Disney's animated future. Wait until you see next summer's "The Lion King," and Kimba's mother. She's quite lovely.
Roy Disney