But should they be taken with a pinch of salt? These details have come from an interview on IGN with Frank Beddor a film producer and author. Beddor was, at one time, contacted by Hasbro to come up with a story for the boardgame to film adaptation.

Beddor's story idea is as follows: "I came up with Monopoly City," he says. "It was a comedic action-adventure. The notion was that you'd pick the comedian you liked the best – at the time, for me, it was Will Ferrell – and I pitched him as the lovable loser who lives in Manhattan, works in a real estate company, terrible at his job. But he loves to play Monopoly. One night, he brings all his friends over to his apartment – he still lives with his parents, of course – and he wants to break the world's record for Monopoly. They're in the middle of the game and they're teasing him because he's talking about the love of his life that he never asked out, this girl from high school, and there's a big fight and everybody goes home and he's left holding a chance card."


Beddor continued, "He wakes up in the morning, all groggy, and he goes out to buy a cup of coffee. He reaches into his pocket and all this Monopoly money falls out. He's embarrassed and apologizes, but the girl takes the money and gives him change. So he walks outside and where is he? He's in the middle of Monopoly City. And through circumstances, he ends up taking on the evil Parker Brothers in the game of Monopoly for real. So all of these characters from his life come into play – a la The Wizard of Oz. My tag line, which Hasbro loved, was: 'Everything you need to know about life, you can learn by playing Monopoly.'"