Django admin choice field

You don't need a custom form.

This is the minimum you need:

# models.py
from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import models

class Photo(models.Model):
    CHOICES = (
        ('hero', 'Hero'),
        ('story', 'Our Story'),
    )

    name = models.CharField(max_length=250, null=False, choices=CHOICES)

# admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import Photo


class PhotoAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('name',)


admin.site.register(Photo, PhotoAdmin)

You can override formfield_for_choice_field() that way you don't need to create a new form.

class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    def formfield_for_choice_field(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
        if db_field.name == 'status':
            kwargs['choices'] = (
                ('accepted', 'Accepted'),
                ('denied', 'Denied'),
            )
            if request.user.is_superuser:
                kwargs['choices'] += (('ready', 'Ready for deployment'),)
        return super().formfield_for_choice_field(db_field, request, **kwargs)

See formfield_for_choice_field

from django.contrib import admin
from django import forms

class MyModel(MyBaseModel):
    stuff = models.CharField('Stuff', max_length=255, default=None)

    class Meta:
        proxy = True

class MyModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
    MY_CHOICES = (
        ('A', 'Choice A'),
        ('B', 'Choice B'),
    )

    stuff = forms.ChoiceField(choices=MY_CHOICES)

class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    fields = ('stuff',)
    list_display = ('stuff',)
    form = MyModelForm

admin.site.register(MyModel, MyModelAdmin)

See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/forms/fields/#choicefield