Could an imposing medieval castle near Rome be the secret location for the wedding of Hollywood hunk Tom Cruise and his actress fiancee Katie Holmes?

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are seen in this May 4, 2006 file photo. Italian newspaper Il Messaggero emerged from the frenzy of a media hunt for a celebrity wedding site to report on Tuesday that the 'Mission: Impossible' star and his future bride plan to marry at Castello Odescalchi on the shores of Lake Bracciano. [Reuters]

Italian newspaper Il Messaggero emerged from the frenzy of a media hunt for a celebrity wedding site to report yesterday that the "Mission: Impossible" star and his future bride plan to marry at Castello Odescalchi on the shores of Lake Bracciano.

The identification of Odescalchi, a castle which has hosted a pope and kings, may be the end of the trail for reporters who have been trying to track down the Cruise-Holmes venue ever since the couple announced their nuptials last month.

But a receptionist at the castle said the report was not true and that it had no such booking.

The paper wrote there would be a warm-up party with other celebrities on November 16, a Catholic wedding ceremony for the pair on November 17 and a final ritual on November 18 conducted by Scientology, the church founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard and of which Cruise is a member.

The couple announced in October that they would get married on November 18 in Italy, with Giorgio Armani designing Holmes' wedding gown. Since then, the tabloid hunt has been on to find the exact location, with northern Italian lakes Garda and Como also mentioned as possible wedding sites.