Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
Nicolas Cage has been tied to Sin City for decades, starring in the movies “Honeymoon in Vegas” and “Leaving Las Vegas.”
His primary residence is in Nevada, but as of last month, he now also has access to one of California’s secluded beaches.
“Yes, Nicolas Cage bought our home in Malibu,” Lenard Liberman, a co-founder of Liberman Broadcasting, said in a text to The New York Times.
The four-level, nearly 4,000-square-foot home was bought for $10.5 million last month, according to the deed recording the sale, as well as Mr. Liberman.
The sale of the property closed on Aug. 23 — the same day that his surprise hit “Longlegs” became available for streaming on Prime Video, Apple TV and other platforms.
The horror film follows the crime spree of a killer, played by Mr. Cage, who leaves cryptic notes signed “Longlegs.”
It was released in July and quickly crossed the $100 million threshold at the box office, making it the highest-grossing independent film of 2024 so far, as well as the highest-grossing indie horror film of the last 10 years, according to Variety.
Weeks later, Mr. Cage purchased his new home, which had been in the same family since the 1990s.
“My parents would go on weekends and it was my father’s ‘happy place,’” said Mr. Liberman, 62, who explained that his father built the home decades ago in the 1990s. “My father passed away and my mom just couldn’t go to the house anymore. Too many memories.”
(The living room of the home, perched above a secluded beach in Malibu. Credit...Berlyn Photography)
It also has a rooftop deck, which is rare in Malibu, an area with stringent building regulations.
The sale fell just short of the offering price of $10.75 million, according to the MLS.
The deed, which was recorded on Aug. 23, listed the seller as Mr. Liberman’s mother, Esther Liberman, a trustee of the Liberman Trust, and the buyer as the Kundry Trust.
Ref: Nicolas Cage Buys $10.5 Million Malibu Beach House (nytimes) Photo Credit- Berlyn Photography, Suzanne Cordeiro/ AFP-Getty Images
