A Good Baby

Olds from Variety. Obviously this project didn't work out, though the movie was eventually made.

Thomas set to adopt 'Baby' with Dieckmann
Eric Olson
May 6, 1998

Henry Thomas, who appeared in the recent USA Network success "Moby Dick" and is in the current Live Entertainment release "Suicide Kings," has been cast to star in the indie adaptation of the Leon Rooke novel "A Good Baby."

Thomas portrays a recluse who finds a home for an abandoned baby in this Southern tale set in a small Appalachian community. He stars with David Strathairn ("L.A. Confidential," "Dolores Claiborne") and Jennifer Ehle ("Pride & Prejudice," "Paradise Road").

Tip from an old EhleNews post.