The as-yet-to-be named US version has been greenlighted by Fox, which has asked for six scripts from Fuller and Jordan. The show will centre on blue-collar workers in Chicago, familiar to UK viewers as the setting of 'ER'.
As well as being the creator and executive producer of 'Pop Idol' and 'American Idol', Fuller owns 19 Management and has signed artists including the Spice Girls, Will Young and Rachel Stevens.
Jordan has written more than 250 episodes of 'EastEnders' during his 15-year stint on the show.
In June, Brand Republic reported that the BBC was planning to make a "working class drama" in what would be an 'EastEnders' style but with a distinctly American take.
BBC drama chief Mal Young was understood to be working on the idea, which would recreate an Albert Square-type community in Denver, Colorado, the ex-gold mining town in the middle of the US known as the nation's baby boomer capital.
The BBC abandoned its plan after the UK show took a ratings nosedive.
Although 'EastEnders' has not proved to be massively popular in the US, BBC America ran into a storm last year when it dropped the show. In June this year, 'EastEnders' made a return to US screens following an outcry from fans.
Primetime soap operas in the US are achieving huge audience ratings and demand for quality drama series is high. ABC's current drama series 'Desperate Housewives' has been a major hit this autumn while '24', 'The Sopranos' and 'Six Feet Under' were all hot property last year.
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