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Ultimately, enthusiasm for the ''Chronicles'' project dropped as the Peter Jackson [[Halo film|''Halo'' film]] deal was cancelled; additionally, Bungie was beginning to have creative differences with the WingNut team.{{Ref/Reuse|vice}} After its cancellation, many of the gameplay features prototyped for ''Chronicles'' made it into ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. Meanwhile, the concept of the Prometheans was later reintroduced into the ''Halo'' canon via [[The Forerunner Saga]] and ''[[Halo 4]]''. Some story concepts developed for ''Chronicles'' resurfaced in the Neill Blomkamp film ''[[Wikipedia:District 9|District 9]]'', in which the human main character slowly transforms into an alien in a rather similar fashion as in the planned story of ''Chronicles''. Additionally, the film allegedly re-used many of the props originally created for the ''Halo'' film project. According to Bertone, Staten "had trouble" seeing the film because of its overt parallels to his story ideas.{{Ref/Reuse|vice}} | Ultimately, enthusiasm for the ''Chronicles'' project dropped as the Peter Jackson [[Halo film|''Halo'' film]] deal was cancelled; additionally, Bungie was beginning to have creative differences with the WingNut team.{{Ref/Reuse|vice}} After its cancellation, many of the gameplay features prototyped for ''Chronicles'' made it into ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. Meanwhile, the concept of the Prometheans was later reintroduced into the ''Halo'' canon via [[The Forerunner Saga]] and ''[[Halo 4]]''. Some story concepts developed for ''Chronicles'' resurfaced in the Neill Blomkamp film ''[[Wikipedia:District 9|District 9]]'', in which the human main character slowly transforms into an alien in a rather similar fashion as in the planned story of ''Chronicles''. Additionally, the film allegedly re-used many of the props originally created for the ''Halo'' film project. According to Bertone, Staten "had trouble" seeing the film because of its overt parallels to his story ideas.{{Ref/Reuse|vice}} | ||
Several corporate [[Human starship|starships]] were concepted by Isaac Hannaford for ''Halo: Chronicles''.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BkOYA|Site=ArtStation|Page=Halo 3 Spaceship designs and discards|D=27|M=9|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Twitter|Isaac_Hannaford|1464733627661488132|Isaac Hannaford|Quote=These were for the Peter Jackson related project|D=27|M=04|Y=2022}} He described them as used by a corporation, and said the ships were a mix of military and civilian themes. They are equipped with limited weapons and transport mercenaries and scientists.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://www.isaachannaford.com/2011/02/concept-ships.html| | Several corporate [[Human starship|starships]] were concepted by Isaac Hannaford for ''Halo: Chronicles''.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BkOYA|Site=ArtStation|Page=Halo 3 Spaceship designs and discards|D=27|M=9|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Twitter|Isaac_Hannaford|1464733627661488132|Isaac Hannaford|Quote=These were for the Peter Jackson related project|D=27|M=04|Y=2022}} He described them as used by a corporation, and said the ships were a mix of military and civilian themes. They are equipped with limited weapons and transport mercenaries and scientists.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://www.isaachannaford.com/2011/02/concept-ships.html|Site=Space Ship Guru|Page=Concept Ships|Detail=Comments section by Isaac Hannaford|Quote=the bottom two ships are a mix. They're owned by a corporation and they have some limited weapons mostly they just haul around mercenaries and scientists.|D=20|M=9|Y=2021}} Hannaford also designed a helmet for use by corporate security forces in the game; this helmet was later reused for the [[GUNGNIR-class Mjolnir]] helmet in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.{{Ref/Twitter|Isaac_Hannaford|1711962175613661379|Isaac Hannaford|I did not. Gungnir was actually a corporate security helmet for Peter Jackson’s Halo game. It didn’t happen so I repurposed it|D=13|M=10|Y=2023}} | ||
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File:Hcr CorporateStarships Concept.jpg|Two concepted starships. | File:Hcr CorporateStarships Concept.jpg|Two concepted starships. | ||
File:HR GUNGNIRHelmet Concept.jpg|''Halo: Reach''{{'}}s GUNGNIR helmet. | |||
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