In the coming months, Pixar will go to the moon and also explore a world where dinosaurs still roam, and animator Enrico Casarosa will be there for both trips.

The animation studio is working on a new feature that it's calling "Untitled Pixar Movie about Dinosaurs." Casarosa is serving as the head of story for the untitled dinosaur project and also recently directed an animated Pixar short called "La Luna."

Casarosa says he's been working with director Bob Peterson (co-director of "Up") on the new dinosaur movie and that the movie is "original, gutsy and funny."

Pixar's last major release, "Cars 2" was a hit with merchandisers and at the box office but garnered some of the weakest reviews the studio has ever received. Casarosa says the reviews didn't dampen spirits at Pixar. "I see a willingness to keep taking chances," he says.

Casarosa's short "La Luna" will be screened in front of the coming Scottish-themed Pixar film "Brave" when it is released on June 22, 2012; it will also hit the film festival circuit. "La Luna" tells the fable-like story of a boy who travels with his father and grandfather in a boat to the moon. Casarosa drew from his own experiences growing up in Genoa, Italy.