Newton searched for the Deviants and even mated with one of them in Hickman's S.H.I.E.L.D. series. It's not convoluted if you go back and read that series. I still think Hickman will tie-up all the series he wrote for Marvel (Fantastic Four, S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers, Ultimates, etc..) when all's said and done. The weird part's that the S.H.I.E.L.D series isn't finished yet -- I recall Hickman saying that it's up to Dustin Weaver -- but weaver keeps taking on all these other projects so I guess we won't be seeing that for a while.
That was my thought too. I hope they have more plans to spotlight Dr. Strange. It'd be really odd if the movie made a billion dollars and Doc still didn't have a regular monthly.