But is it true?
Yes, kinda.  I will say that the film does take place in the Discworld   series which is where the Mort book (fourth in the line of books, btw)   takes place, but remember that this is an adaptation that won't   necessarily be literal (no film adaptation really is).  I got   confirmation from the Bothans of this.  The hero of the book shows that   this is an entirely different kind of story than Walt Disney Animation  Studio has told before, but it does  have a princess in it.  Remember  that this is early in the process and  things can change.  It's at least  three years before it will come out  and the animation process is a  long, bumpy and slow road.