By Mike Collett-White

LONDON |
Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:40am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) – As the studio behind the Harry Potter films likes to remind us, “It all ends here.”

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2,” the eighth and final installment in one of cinema’s most successful series, has its premiere in London in a week, and experts predict records could tumble when it hits theatres on July 15.

The cast and crew have promised the most explosive Potter movie yet, even though computer-generated special effects and action scenes have been predominant throughout.

“The last movie is going to be really, really fast-paced and a load of action in it and it is like a war film,” Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe told Reuters in a recent interview.

The final film, the first Potter installment to be available in 3D, will reveal whether boy wizard Potter prevails over his evil nemesis Lord Voldemort in a classic good-versus-evil climax, although J.K. Rowling’s novels provide the answer.

Knowing what happens next is unlikely to dampen enthusiasm among the huge fan base Rowling has built up through the seven books and movie adaptations, for whom Deathly Hallows Part 2 will be a bitter-sweet moment.

For millions of mostly young people around the world, the release of each Harry Potter novel or movie was a major event, explaining the long queues outside bookshops and screaming crowds at red carpet film launches.

“I’ve had eight years of my life with something to look forward to with the next Harry Potter, and it’s about to end,” said Ren Bishop, a 21-year-old

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