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一 |     自 90 年代以来一直在漫威动画项目中为“小淘气”（Rogue）配音的莱诺·赞恩（Lenore Zann）发布了一段特别视频，祝贺因德·纳瓦雷特（Inde Navarrette）确认在漫威即将重启的《X战警》电影中饰演真人版角色。D23 2026 对漫改电影粉丝来说是一个重大时刻，而周末的高光时刻莫过于漫威电影宇宙（MCU）版《X战警》卡司阵容的揭晓。    London, Oct 18 (UNI) "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" by Sri Lankan Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire set amid a murderous civil war in the island nation, has won the Booker Prize.

The novel is about a photographer who wakes up dead, with a week to ask his friends to find his photos and expose the brutality of war, BBC and other media reported.

Camilla, the Queen Consort, presented the prize, and the author said it had been "an honour and a privilege" to be on the shortlist.

Karunatilaka said as he accepted his prize: "My hope is that in the not too distant future... Sri Lanka has understood that these ideas of corruption and race-baiting and cronyism have not worked and will never work."

The writer said he decided in 2009 to write "a ghost story where the dead could offer their perspective" after the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, "when there was a raging debate over how many civilians died and whose fault it was".

"I hope it's in print in 10 years... if it is, I hope it's written in a Sri Lanka that learns from its stories, and that Seven Moons will be in the fantasy section of the bookshop, next to the dragons, the unicorns and will not be mistaken for realism or political satire," the BBC reported

He added that he had "self-censored" a couple of short stories after author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in August, having faced years of death threats for his novel "The Satanic Verses", which some Muslims see as blasphemous.

"I was in the process of publishing a collection of short stories when this incident happened, and I discovered a couple which I don't think was offensive to any religion," Karunatilaka said.

"But my wife said, can you not do that? You've got two young kids. This story is not that good. Just leave it out."

He added that "this is something that hangs over all of us if we're writing in South Asia, especially writing about politics or religion", the BBC said.

Head judge Neil MacGregor praised the "scope and the skill, the daring, the audacity and hilarity" of the novel, calling it an "afterlife noir" which "takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey through life and death".

He said the judges' decision had been unanimous, adding all of the shortlisted books were "all really about one question, and that is what's the point of an individual life?"

The prestigious £50,000 prize, for a single work of fiction published in the UK in English, also gives the other five writers on the shortlist £2,500 each.

"The Seven Moons of Maali" is Karunatilaka's second novel, having previously won awards including the Commonwealth Book Prize for his debut book Chinaman, which was called the "second best cricket book of all time" by cricketers' almanac Wisden.

Born in 1975, the writer has also worked as an advertising copywriter, and his songs, scripts and stories have been published in Rolling Stone, GQ and National Geographic.

MacGregor, a former director of London's National Gallery and the British Museum, added that the judges read all 170 books put forward for the prize, then whittled them down to 30. They then re-read those, before deciding on the final six, which they read for a third time, the report said.

The other nominees were: "Glory" by NoViolet Bulawayo, "The Trees" by Percival Everett, "Treacle Walker" by Alan Garner, "Small Things Like These" by Claire Keegan and "Oh William!" by Elizabeth Strout.

The Booker-winning novel tells the story of the photographer of its title, who in 1990 wakes up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. With no idea who killed him, Maali has seven moons to contact the people he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos of civil war atrocities that will rock Sri Lanka, the Daily Mirror reported.

The judges were unanimous in their decision to award the prize to Karunatilaka, according to the chair.

Receiving his prize, Karunatilaka addressed the people of Sri Lanka in Tamil and Sinhalese. He summarised what he said in English: “I write these books for you… Let’s keep sharing these stories.”

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is published by the independent press Sort of Books. This year is the first time a book by the publisher has been longlisted for the prize.

Karunatilaka has become the second Sri Lankan-born author to win, following Michael Ondaatje, who won in 1992 with "The English Patient".

In his Guardian review, Tomiwa Owolade said the book’s “scenarios are often absurd … but executed with a humour and pathos that ground the reader”. He added: “Karunatilaka has done artistic justice to a terrible period in his country’s history.”

Karunatilaka, was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, in 1975 and grew up in Colombo.

UNI MR。在新人名单中，因《着迷》（Obsession）而走红的纳瓦雷特在数周传闻后，正式被选中饰演小淘气。当她在 2028 年将这位漫威变种人的能量吸收能力带上大银幕时，这将是该角色十多年来首次出现在真人漫威电影中。

二 | 自安娜·帕奎因（Anna Paquin）最后一次饰演该角色以来已经过去了很长时间，因此赞恩自然地在社交媒体上欢迎纳瓦雷特加入《X战警》大家庭。

三 | “嘿，大家好，”她模仿小淘气标志性的南方口音说道，“我是莱诺·赞恩，也就是《X战警》中的小淘气，今天在美丽的爱尔兰都柏林向大家问好。我只想向因德·纳瓦雷特致意，她刚刚被选定在即将上映的漫威《X战警》电影中饰演小淘气。”“我等不及要见你了，亲爱的！下个月我就会回到北美，非常期待那一天的到来。”赞恩最初在原版《X战警》动画系列中为小淘气配音，并在 Disney+ 的续作剧集《X战警 '97》中回归。除了为 漫威争锋 等衍生项目献声外，作为漫威漫长动画史中最具辨识度的表演者之一，她经受住了时间的考验。“恭喜 @indenavarrette 在都柏林拿下了漫威即将上映的《X战警》电影中小淘气一角！！”她在帖子的描述中继续写道，“等不及想看你为这个角色带来的精彩表现了！”“期待与你见面，亲爱的！祝好运。拥抱并击掌（当然要戴着手套！）。”这种致意无疑有助于观众在漫威影业和导演杰克·施莱尔（Jake Schreier）几年后推出新版《X战警》之前，开始接受新的小淘气人选，而纳瓦雷特似乎也很感激这一举动。这位曾出演过《超人和露易斯》的女演员回复了赞恩的帖子，发了两个爱心表情并表示：“你好！真是太荣幸了！谢谢你的温馨留言！”赞恩回复了她，并提议等她回到城里一起喝咖啡。她说：“不客气，亲爱的。等我回到洛杉矶，我们一定要一起喝杯咖啡。”在纳瓦雷特与新的《X战警》卡司成员一同登上 D23 舞台后，互联网上依然议论纷纷。

四 | MCU 重启版的完整阵容包括：纳瓦雷特饰演小淘气、亚当·德赖弗饰演惊恶先生、玛雅·博伊德饰演暴风女、克里斯托弗·阿波特饰演 X 教授、基特·康纳饰演镭射眼、萨玛拉·维文饰演白皇后艾玛·弗罗斯特，以及萨迪·辛克饰演琴·格雷。《X战警》定于 2028 年 5 月 5 日上映，届时将开启《复仇者联盟：秘密战争》之后的新世界。在此之前，你可以了解施莱尔为新电影参考的一些漫画灵感，也可以看看纳瓦雷特在正式揭晓前表示想扮演哪位经典变种人。

五 | 你还可以了解《X战警 '97》第二季前三集的相关评价。

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