When an author’s prose universe is built on sprawling mythology, high-stakes espionage, and larger-than-life visuals, the leap to cinema often hinges on finding a collaborator who understands both spectacle and story. Debbie Bishop, the award-winning writer behind the PILLYWIGGIN fantasy series and the Black Tide saga, has now secured exactly that in Jeff Imada, the veteran action designer whose stunt work has shaped some of Hollywood’s most iconic fight sequences.
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The Chameleon by Debbie Bishop
The duo are developing PILLYWIGGIN Awakening, Black Tide, The Chameleon, Enter The Game and War Eagles, with Imada directing The Chameleon and Enter The Game.
These stories have the characters, visual scope and audience appeal to become compelling films. Jeff and I are developing them with that potential in mind.”— Debbie Bishop
LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, October 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Award-winning author Debbie Bishop has joined forces with highly respected action designer Jeff Imada—whose credits include The Bourne series, Fight Club and The Crow—to adapt her stories for the screen. The slate includes PILLYWIGGIN Awakening, Black Tide, The Chameleon, Enter The Game and War Eagles. Imada is set to direct The Chameleon and Enter The Game.
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 turns out to be the most feared villain of ancient Atlantis, all unfolding within Bishop’s action-spy series.
Enter The Game finds Justin, a young protagonist, infiltrating the world’s deadliest Black Ops organization to save his father. The first Black Tide prose novel, it is based on the popular comic book of the same name and takes place during Justin’s formative teen years.
The Black Tide series weaves together science, history, technology, myth, metaphysics, and tales of Atlantis while touching on issues that mirror our contemporary world.
War Eagles tells the story of a disgraced pilot who crashes on an uncharted Arctic island—home to Vikings who ride giant eagles—and uncovers a hidden Nazi airbase. Co-authored with Carl Macek and featuring a foreword by Ray Harryhausen, the audiobook narrated by William Hahn is currently available on Amazon.
The Chameleon, a novel arriving in 2027, presents a ticking clock: 3 days to save the world.
About Debbie Bishop
Bishop is an award-winning author, media executive and creative director with nearly three decades in entertainment. She began her career in front of the camera as a model and actress before transitioning behind it to work across publishing, marketing, design and production.
Through her agency, Bishop provided design, marketing and printing services to studios including Disney, Lionsgate, Warner Bros., Universal and Paramount, as well as numerous consumer product brands.
Her epic fantasy series PILLYWIGGIN has earned BookFest First Place, the International Impact Book Award—where Bishop was also a finalist for Writer of the Year—and the Literary Titan Gold Award. Her other works include War Eagles, co-authored with Robotech’s Carl Macek at the request of Ray Harryhausen and inspired by an unrealized idea from King Kong creator Merian C. Cooper; Black Tide, originally published by Image Comics; and The Fairies of Bladderwhack Pond, a children’s book illustrated by Andy Park.
As host of the By.Storytellers podcast on YouTube, Bishop offers authors, filmmakers, musicians and other creators a platform to discuss their work, journeys and craft. She built the show alongside EmpowerTools, her community on Skool, to give creators their own channels—@By.Storytellers for promoting their work and skool.com/EmpowerTools/about for learning how to do it.
About Jeff Imada
Imada is an action designer, stunt coordinator and filmmaker with over 300 credits. Known for his precision, innovation and cinematic impact, he has designed and directed stunts for films including The Bourne series, Iron Man 2, The Crow, They Live, L.A. Confidential, Fight Club, Escape From LA, The Green Hornet, and Furious 7.
His approach draws on Eastern martial arts traditions and decades of filmmaking experience, blending action with character and emotional storytelling. His background includes weapons choreography, tactical movement and fight psychology.
Imada was the first to design and manufacture the telescopic baton in the United States. He is also the author of The Balisong Manual and a long-standing member of Stunts Unlimited.
In this collaboration with Bishop, Imada will direct The Chameleon and Enter The Game while working alongside her to develop the broader slate.
About Angelgate
Angelgate LLC, founded by Debbie Bishop, is home to Angelgate Entertainment, its film and television production company.
For more about Bishop, her books, signed editions and other work, visit https://debbiebishop.com.
See more from Jeff at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408001/ and https://stuntsunlimited.com/meet-the-team/jeff-imada/
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Why it matters: This pairing signals a serious commitment to translating literary worlds into visually driven cinema, with a seasoned action specialist at the helm. For readers and film fans alike, it suggests that these stories—spanning fantasy, espionage, and mythology—are being positioned for a broader audience beyond the page.
