The BBC's drama chief Mal Young is understood to be working with the idea, which will recreate an Albert Square-type community in Denver, the ex-gold mining town in the middle of the US known as the nation's baby boomer capital.
In the past, Denver has been the setting for the glamorous, if somewhat camp, 80s US soap 'Dynasty'. The idea of using Denver is partly to avoid the typical backdrops of New York or Los Angeles.
'EastEnders' has not proved to be massively popular in the US and BBC America ran into a storm last year when it dropped the show.
Earlier this month, the BBC announced that 'EastEnders' was to make a return to US screens following the outcry from fans. The show now appears on cable TV channel Echostar's Dish Network, airing episodes from the point where BBC American axed it.
Susan Arnold, vice-president of programming for Dish Network, said at the time: "Expatriates and other fans from America and around the world are going to be ecstatic to be able to watch 'EastEnders' again."
The BBC said that when airing on BBC America the show lost the station an average of 69% of its audience, giving an indication of how different American tastes in soaps can be.
Young told the Daily Mirror that he would ensure that the essential elements that make UK shows successful would not be "lost in translation".
An official spokesperson from the BBC refused to be drawn on details of the soap, but said today that the corporation had "no intention of recreating an American 'EastEnders'."
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