Unit 2 Proposal

I have decided that I would like to do my case study on the release of "Batman: The Dark Knight." I want to focus on how the death of Heath Ledger effected the release of the movie. I really want to focus on the controversy of the weekend that it came out and how people reacted to it. I believe Ledger's death played a huge roll in the success of the movie. I'm really curious in seeing what I find in terms of people saying the movie should or should not have been released when it was. The death of an actor during filming is rare and is always hard on movie goers. I remember wondering myself if it was honoring him to show the film or if Warner Brothers was just going to try and profit off of it.
I guess that a bit of my motivation for choosing this topic is because I'm an RTVF minor (and the Film aspect of it is the part I love). I love watching action movies. I never really have been interested in the movies that have grown out of comics like Batman, the Hulk and X-Men, but when all the hype started up about "The Dark Knight", I knew it was a movie that I would be watching along with a great portion of the nation.
I intend on looking for a variety of sources. I would like to have one source from a local paper such as the Star-Telegram or the TCU Daily Skiff. I would want one to be a national paper or TV source. I also think that a source from a film magazine would be good to see the perspective of the industry on the subject. Looking at polls and political cartoons would also be interesting.
It took me a while to think of this topic, but now that I have, I am excited to start. I am eager to see all the different reactions and opinions I come across with respect to the release of this film.