Ashley Bell Ashley Bell is an assistant director who is working alongside Rhonda Taylor and Phil Nee Nee as Second Assistant Director on the sequel , directed by Justin Lin with First Assistant Director Nick Satriano . Career . Directing . Bell worked as trainee assistant director on the television movie " 2gether " ( 2000 ) , the television series " UC : Undercover " ( 2001 - 2002 , featuring Bill Mondy and Brian Markinson and executive produced by Naren Shankar ) , the thriller " Spy Game " ( 2001 ) , the action film " Lone Hero " ( 2002 , with Mark Metcalf ) , the sequel " The Santa Clause 2 " ( 2002 ) , the comic adaptation " X2 " ( 2003 , starring Patrick Stewart , Famke Janssen , and Bruce Davison , written , directed and produced by Bryan Singer , and produced by Stan Lee and Ralph Winter ) , the action film " Walking Tall " ( 2004 , starring Dwayne Johnson and with Neal McDonough and Barbara Tarbuck ) , the crime thriller " Edison " ( 2005 , with Marco Sanchez , Robert Miano , and Bill Mondy ) , and the family movie " The Sandlot 2 " ( 2005 ) . As assistant director , Bell worked on the music comedy " Josie and the Pussycats " ( 2001 , music by John Frizzell ) , the drama " Prozac Nation " ( 2001 ) , the horror thriller " Thir13en Ghosts " ( 2001 , with F . Murray Abraham , production design by Sean Hargreaves , and assistant dgc trainee Rhonda Taylor ) , the family adventure " Snow Dogs " ( 2002 , with Nichelle Nichols and music by John Debney ) , and the science fiction film " Paycheck " ( 2003 ) . Bell ' s credits as third assistant director include the comic adaptation " Fantastic Four " ( 2005 ) and its sequel " 4 : Rise of the Silver Surfer " ( 2007 ) , the comedy " John Tucker Must Die " ( 2006 ) , the comedy " Kickin ' It Old Skool " ( 2007 , with Christopher McDonald and Alan Ruck ) , the television series " Reaper " ( 2008 , starring Ray Wise ) and " Battlestar Galactica " ( 2008 , co - created and produced by Ronald D . Moore and produced by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle ) , the comic adaptations " The Incredible Hulk " ( 2008 ) and " Watchmen " ( 2009 ) , the sequel " Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian " ( 2009 ) , the remake " The A - Team " ( 2010 ) , the action comedy " This Means War " ( 2012 , starring Chris Pine and Tom Hardy ) , and the television series " Fairly Legal " ( 2011 - 2012 ) . More recently , Bell worked as third assistant director on the remake " Godzilla " ( 2014 ) , as second unit second assistant director on " The Flash " ( 2014 , with Clancy Brown ) , as second assistant director on the television series " Motive " ( 2015 , with Roger R . Cross ) and on the television movie " Descendants " ( 2015 ) , and as additional assistant director on the horror thriller " Hidden " ( 2015 , with third assistant director Rhonda Taylor ) . Assisting . Bell worked as production assistant on the television series " The Net " ( 1998 - 1999 ) , the thriller " Double Jeopardy " ( 1999 , with Ashley Judd and Bruce Greenwood and art direction by Andrew Neskoromny ) , the action drama " Reindeer Games " ( 2000 , with Clarence Williams III ) , the comedy " Scary Movie " ( 2000 ) , the music drama " Duets " ( 2000 ) , and the action film " Get Carter " ( 2000 , with stunt coordinator Mark DeAlessandro and second unit director Spiro Razatos ) . As extras wrangler , Bell worked on the horror film " Valentine " ( 2001 , with Adam Harrington ) , the crime comedy " Saving Silverman " ( 2001 , with Mark Aaron Wagner ) , the comedy " Freddy Got Fingered " ( 2001 , with Kavi Raz and first assistant director Kim H . Winther ) , and the comic adaptation " Catwoman " ( 2004 ) . Bell worked as production assistant on the comedy sequel " The Santa Clause 2 " ( 2002 ) , as assistant to and on the comic adaptation " Fantastic Four " ( 2005 , produced by Stan Lee and Ralph Winter ) , as cast assistant on the sequel " X - Men : The Last Stand " ( 2006 , starring Patrick Stewart , Famke Janssen , and Kelsey Grammer , produced by Stan Lee and Ralph Winter , with assistant direction by Rhonda Taylor ) , as producer on the short comedy " Sarah in the Dark " ( 2008 ) , and as additional voice talent on the action comedy " This Means War " ( 2012 , starring Chris Pine and Tom Hardy ) .