Well, now that it's settled ... :)
Depending on present sales (it's sooner or later in any case -- this is Star Trek we've talking about), it will. But for this round of releases, it was finances (once again) that determined "to W I D E or not to W I D E", as revealed in this fascinating and...
I've seen the arguments and most boil down to "I want it the first way I saw it". They'll even throw in a red herring like "director's framing" or "artist's vision" for justification. But once you hear the actual artist/director say "I planned for it" or even "I wanted, but couldn't, do it back...
Many of these older TV shows actually did allow for widescreen, if only by reason of the TV safe area. Take Star Trek (the original series) for example:
Star Trek's 35mm frame is shown in yellow. The acedemy frame (shown in magenta) is considered by many as the "director's framing". But it is...