the adventures of rocky and bullwinkle is a 2000 american live-action/animated adventure slapstick comedy movie directed by des mcanuff and produced by universal pictures, based on the television series of the same name by jay ward. the animated characters rocky and bullwinkle share the screen with live actors portraying fearless leader (robert de niro, who also co-produced the movie), boris badenov (jason alexander) and natasha fatale (rene russo) along with randy quaid, piper perabo, kenan thompson and kel mitchell. june foray reprises her role as rocky, while keith scott (no relation to original voice actor bill scott) voiced bullwinkle and the movie's narrator. it also features cameo appearances by performers including james rebhorn, paget brewster, janeane garofalo, john goodman, david alan grier, don novello, jon polito, carl reiner, whoopi goldberg, max grodénchik, norman lloyd, jonathan winters and billy crystal. the movie follows a young rookie fbi agent named karen sympathy enlisting the help of rocky and bullwinkle to stop boris, natasha and fearless leader from taking over the united states.