Val Kilmer is set to return to his comedic roots in Real Genius 2, according to multiple sources around the web today. The movie would be a sequel to his 1985 "dare I say" classic about teenage whiz-kids who invent a laser for their college professor only to have it used for darker purposes by the government. (Really, it's much funnier than it sounds.)

The buzz around the movie biz is that Kilmer isn't happy about the dramatic turn of his career and wants to return to the funnier projects that shaped his early career. Yes, long before playing porn king John Holmes in Wonderland and Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever, Kilmer dazzled 80s fans with flicks like Top Secret (1984) and Top Gun (1986). After the critical success of two 90s flicks -- The Doors (1991) and Tombstone (1993) -- his career took a turn toward more dramatic projects. Perhaps his hilarious cameo as a pot-dealing sherpa in an episode of HBO's Entourage made him see the light.

There's no word yet on a shooting schedule or plot for the Real Genius sequel. We'll have to be content just knowing it's out there. In the meantime, a top 5 list for Val.

Top 5 Val Kilmer quotes from Real Genius:

5. "I'm disgusted. There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into the Madame Curie look-alike contest and he was disqualified later. Why do I bother?"

4. "Considering the type of people you are and the environment you're in, you have to admit the strong possibility this may be the only chance you ever have in your entire lives... to have sex."

3. "This? This is ice. This is what happens to water when it gets too cold. This? This is Kent. This is what happens to people when they get too sexually frustrated."

2. "Would you prepared if gravity reversed itself? The only thing I can't figure out is how to keep the change in my pockets. I've got it. Nudity."

1. "I'm pondering the immortal words of Socrates who said, 'I drank what?' "