New York, NY (AHN)- 41-year old Oscar-winner Nicholas Cage and second wife Alice Kim celebrate parenthood for the second time. This time with the birth of a baby boy.

The couple has named their son Kal-El, Superman's birth name. The actor's publicist, Annett Wolf confirms the delivery of the baby boy in New York.

Wolf states the baby is "healthy and happy and is quite lovely". Cage's fans might wonder where the couple got the idea to name the boy Kal-el, but it is very likely that Cage himself, who at one point collected Superman comics.

However, he has since auctioned off his huge collection including his prized 1938 pulp Superman debut for approximately $1.6 million.

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola's nephew Nicolas Coppola "Cage" actually takes his own stage surname from the DC Comic superhero - Luke Cage and was actually planning to play the Man of Steel role and star in Tim Burton's "Superman movie". But, with the project got cancelled and traded for a remake set to be released by Warner Bros. next year.