Debbie Bishop and Jeff Imada team up on film slate

Award-winning author Debbie Bishop has partnered with action designer Jeff Imada to develop five screen projects, including PILLYWIGGIN Awakening, Black Tide, The Chameleon, Enter The Game and War Eagles. Imada will direct The Chameleon and Enter The Game as the duo expands Bishop’s stories into film and television.

Why it matters: - Debbie Bishop is moving a five-project story slate toward screen development, broadening the reach of her books and comics into film and television. - Jeff Imada’s involvement brings a veteran stunt and action pedigree to the projects, including two films he will direct. - The collaboration ties fantasy, action and sci-fi properties into one production pipeline, which could help package the material for studios and financiers.

What happened: - Debbie Bishop teamed with action designer, stunt coordinator and filmmaker Jeff Imada to develop PILLYWIGGIN Awakening, Black Tide, The Chameleon, Enter The Game and War Eagles. - Imada will direct The Chameleon and Enter The Game. - The partnership was announced from Los Angeles on Oct. 22, 2026.

The details: - PILLYWIGGIN Awakening centers on stray kids who become their own heroes and save themselves. - Black Tide: Awakening of the Key follows a man with no memory of his past who is revealed as the most feared villain of ancient Atlantis. - Enter The Game follows Justin, who must infiltrate the world’s deadliest Black Ops organization to save his father. - Enter The Game is the first Black Tide prose novel and is based on the Black Tide comic book series. - The Black Tide series blends science, history, technology, myth, metaphysics and Atlantis mythology with themes drawn from the modern world. - War Eagles follows a disgraced pilot who crashes on an uncharted Arctic island of Vikings riding giant eagles near a hidden Nazi airbase. - War Eagles was co-authored with Carl Macek, includes a foreword by Ray Harryhausen and has an audiobook narrated by William Hahn available on Amazon. - The Chameleon is slated as a novel coming in 2027 and is described as a three-day race to save the world. - Bishop is an award-winning author, media executive and creative director with nearly three decades in entertainment. - Bishop started in front of the camera as a model and actress before moving into publishing, marketing, design and production. - Through her agency, Bishop provided design, marketing and printing services to Disney, Lionsgate, Warner Bros., Universal and Paramount, along with consumer product brands. - PILLYWIGGIN won BookFest First Place, the International Impact Book Award and the Literary Titan Gold Award. - Bishop was also a finalist for Writer of the Year at the International Impact Book Awards. - Bishop’s credits also include War Eagles, Black Tide and The Fairies of Bladderwhack Pond, illustrated by Andy Park. - Bishop hosts the By.Storytellers podcast on YouTube and built it with EmpowerTools, her community on Skool, to help creators promote and learn how to promote their work. - Angelgate LLC, founded by Bishop, is the parent home of Angelgate Entertainment, the company’s film and television production arm. - Imada has more than 300 credits as an action designer, stunt coordinator and filmmaker. - Imada’s credits include The Bourne series, Iron Man 2, The Crow, They Live, L.A. Confidential, Fight Club, Escape From LA, The Green Hornet and Furious 7. - Imada’s background includes weapons choreography, tactical movement and fight psychology. - Imada was the first to design and manufacture the telescopic baton in the United States. - Imada wrote The Balisong Manual and is a long-standing member of Stunts Unlimited. - More information about Bishop is available at Debbie Bishop’s website. - More information about Jeff Imada is available at his IMDb profile and Stunts Unlimited profile.

Between the lines: - The slate leans heavily on existing intellectual property, including novels, comics and established fantasy concepts, which can lower development risk compared with original-from-scratch film ideas. - Imada directing the two most overtly action-driven titles suggests the collaboration is aiming to emphasize choreography, spectacle and character-driven combat. - Bishop’s existing entertainment background and industry contacts appear designed to support cross-media packaging rather than a one-off adaptation.

What's next: - Bishop and Imada will continue developing the broader slate under Angelgate Entertainment. - The Chameleon is set up as the next near-term literary release, with a novel coming in 2027. - Further casting, financing and distribution details have not been announced.