Quentin Tarantino one of a number of filmmakers who can't wait for superhero era to end

Quentin Tarantino insists he is one of a number of filmmakers who can't wait for the "chokehold" of superhero and comic book movies on cinema to end.

Over the past two decades, comic book movies have become a money-making juggernaut for studios such as Marvel, now owned by Disney, and DC, owned by Warner Bros.

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Starting with Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr., the Marvel Cinematic Universe now has 29 feature-length movies under its banner as well as a number of television shows.

Of the 10 highest-grossing movies of all time, four are Marvel products, while other franchises like Star Wars and Jurassic World are represented.

Tarantino hopes that the fad of comic book movies dies out just like musicals did towards the end of the 1960s.

"Just as ’60s anti-establishment auteurs rejoiced when studio musical adaptations fell out of favour, can’t wait for the day they can say that about superhero movies," he told the Los Angeles Times.

“The analogy works because it’s a similar chokehold."

He doesn't expect superhero pictures to leave our screens anytime soon, however.

“The writing’s not quite on the wall yet,” he said, “the way it was in 1969 when it was, ‘Oh, my God, we just put a bunch of money into things that nobody gives a damn about anymore.’”

Would Tarantino direct a Marvel movie?

It comes as no surprise, then, to learn that Tarantino would never sit in the director's chair for a Marvel or other superhero movie.

In his opinion, such projects are there for directors-for-hire and that is not what he does.

“You have to be a hired hand to do those things,” he explained.

“I’m not a hired hand. I’m not looking for a job.”

Tarantino is one of a number of famous directors who have criticised the emergence of superhero products, including Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.

Tim Burton, who directed Batman and Batman Returns, said he would never return to do another franchise movie in the comic book world.